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The clock tower in the old town, Kotor
KotorThe clock tower in the old town
The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: Kotor by Muhammed Fatih Beki, Pexels License; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

Kotor or The Hague?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • beaches

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

Choose The Hague for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on The Hague’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, The Hague 38: Kotor leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Kotor 37, The Hague 48: The Hague leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Kotor 55, The Hague 66: The Hague leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Kotor 30, The Hague 38: The Hague leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kotor 80, The Hague 52: Kotor leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Kotor 72, The Hague 86: The Hague leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Kotor 36, The Hague 72: The Hague leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Kotor 48, The Hague 78: The Hague leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Kotor 20, The Hague 55: The Hague leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Kotor 57, The Hague 35: Kotor leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kotor 20, The Hague 58: The Hague leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kotor 24, The Hague 45: The Hague leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kotor and The Hague.

Your match

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

Kotor
45match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices with your weighting.

The Hague
Best match
56match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

The Hague in July

21 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °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.

The Hague 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.

The Hague's sunshine is measured 60 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Kotor: 1991-2020 normals, Tivat (4.2 km from centre). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKotorThe Hague
Official languageMontenegrinDutch
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m1 m
Main airportTivat Airport (TIV)5 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureKotorThe Hague
City population562548,320
People per km²-5,589
Museums within 10 km354
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km34
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). 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.