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The clock tower in the old town, Kotor
KotorThe clock tower in the old town
The Opera House from the water, Sydney
SydneyThe Opera House from the water

Photos: Kotor by Muhammed Fatih Beki, Pexels License; Sydney by Bernard Spragg, CC0.

Kotor or Sydney?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Sydney for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Sydney’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, Sydney 95: Sydney leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Kotor 37, Sydney 77: Sydney leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Kotor 55, Sydney 60: Sydney leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Kotor 30, Sydney 60: Sydney leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kotor 80, Sydney 85: Sydney leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Kotor 72, Sydney 50: Kotor leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Kotor 36, Sydney 75: Sydney leads by 39 points.
Getting around. Kotor 48, Sydney 75: Sydney leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Kotor 20, Sydney 68: Sydney leads by 48 points.
Affordability. Kotor 57, Sydney 22: Kotor leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kotor 20, Sydney 73: Sydney leads by 53 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kotor 24, Sydney 55: Sydney leads by 31 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kotor and Sydney.

Your match

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

Kotor
45match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Sydney
Best match
66match

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

Sydney in July

18 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
70 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
10 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). Sydney: 1991-2020 normals, Sydney Airport (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKotorSydney
Official languageMontenegrinEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency number112000
Elevation10 m6 m
Main airportTivat Airport (TIV)5 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsSydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD)9 km from centre99 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureKotorSydney
City population5625,450,496
People per km²-449
Museums within 10 km338
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months6 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). 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.