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The clock tower in the old town, Kotor
KotorThe clock tower in the old town
Stortorget in Gamla stan, Stockholm
StockholmStortorget in Gamla stan

Photos: Kotor by Muhammed Fatih Beki, Pexels License; Stockholm by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Kotor or Stockholm?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Stockholm for

  • shopping
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Stockholm’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, Stockholm 40: Kotor leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Kotor 37, Stockholm 64: Stockholm leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Kotor 55, Stockholm 77: Stockholm leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Kotor 30, Stockholm 57: Stockholm leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kotor 80, Stockholm 72: Kotor leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Kotor 72, Stockholm 68: Kotor leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Kotor 36, Stockholm 82: Stockholm leads by 46 points.
Getting around. Kotor 48, Stockholm 84: Stockholm leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Kotor 20, Stockholm 70: Stockholm leads by 50 points.
Affordability. Kotor 57, Stockholm 30: Kotor leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kotor 20, Stockholm 65: Stockholm leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kotor 24, Stockholm 56: Stockholm leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kotor and Stockholm.

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.

Stockholm
Best match
64match

Wins on shopping and families 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

Stockholm in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
65 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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.

Stockholm 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.

Stockholm's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Stockholm Observatoriet.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Kotor: 1991-2020 normals, Tivat (4.2 km from centre). Stockholm: 2003-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Stockholm Bromma Airport (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKotorStockholm
Official languageMontenegrinSwedish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Swedish Krona (SEK)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m22 m
Main airportTivat Airport (TIV)5 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsStockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)36 km from centre174 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureKotorStockholm
City population562984,748
People per km²-5,260
Museums within 10 km3266
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km33
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.