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The clock tower in the old town, Kotor
KotorThe clock tower in the old town
The harbour front with the church tower above the houses, Saint-Tropez
Saint-TropezThe harbour front with the church tower above the houses

Photos: Kotor by Muhammed Fatih Beki, Pexels License; Saint-Tropez by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Kotor or Saint-Tropez?

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
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose Saint-Tropez for

  • shopping
  • nightlife
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Saint-Tropez’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, Saint-Tropez 82: Saint-Tropez leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Kotor 37, Saint-Tropez 48: Saint-Tropez leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Kotor 55, Saint-Tropez 35: Kotor leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Kotor 30, Saint-Tropez 60: Saint-Tropez leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kotor 80, Saint-Tropez 72: Kotor leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Kotor 72, Saint-Tropez 57: Kotor leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Kotor 36, Saint-Tropez 42: Saint-Tropez leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Kotor 48, Saint-Tropez 32: Kotor leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Kotor 20, Saint-Tropez 64: Saint-Tropez leads by 44 points.
Affordability. Kotor 57, Saint-Tropez 8: Kotor leads by 49 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kotor 20, Saint-Tropez 18: Kotor leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kotor 24, Saint-Tropez 35: Saint-Tropez leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kotor and Saint-Tropez.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Kotor
45match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Saint-Tropez
46match

Wins on shopping and nightlife 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

Saint-Tropez in July

32 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
10 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
15 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.

Saint-Tropez 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.

Saint-Tropez's sunshine is measured 62 km from the centre, at Nice.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Kotor: 1991-2020 normals, Tivat (4.2 km from centre). Saint-Tropez: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Le Luc (24.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKotorSaint-Tropez
Official languageMontenegrinFrench
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m0 m
Main airportTivat Airport (TIV)5 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)64 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureKotorSaint-Tropez
City population5623,582
People per km²-320
Museums within 10 km34
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months3 months

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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). Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.