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The clock tower in the old town, Kotor
KotorThe clock tower in the old town
The Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70

Photos: Kotor by Muhammed Fatih Beki, Pexels License; Seattle by Caio, Pexels License.

Kotor or Seattle?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Kotor for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Kotor’s own page.

Choose Seattle for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Seattle’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Kotor 57, Seattle 30: Kotor leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Kotor 37, Seattle 66: Seattle leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Kotor 55, Seattle 50: Kotor leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Kotor 30, Seattle 55: Seattle leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kotor 80, Seattle 87: Seattle leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Kotor 72, Seattle 55: Kotor leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Kotor 36, Seattle 64: Seattle leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Kotor 48, Seattle 60: Seattle leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Kotor 20, Seattle 52: Seattle leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Kotor 57, Seattle 22: Kotor leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kotor 20, Seattle 70: Seattle leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kotor 24, Seattle 40: Seattle leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kotor and Seattle.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Kotor
45match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Seattle
Best match
54match

Wins on live music and the arts and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Kotor in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
39 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Kotor has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Kotor's sunshine is measured 42 km from the centre, at Podgorica-Grad.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Kotor: 1991-2020 normals, Tivat (4.2 km from centre). Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKotorSeattle
Official languageMontenegrin-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m40 m
Main airportTivat Airport (TIV)5 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureKotorSeattle
City population562737,015
People per km²-1,996
Museums within 10 km327
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 monthsNone

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.