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The clock tower in the old town, Kotor
KotorThe clock tower in the old town
The Basilica of Superga, Turin
TurinThe Basilica of Superga

Photos: Kotor by Muhammed Fatih Beki, Pexels License; Turin by Konstantin Dacosta, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Kotor or Turin?

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

  • beaches

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

Choose Turin for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Turin’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, Turin 12: Kotor leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Kotor 37, Turin 81: Turin leads by 44 points.
Culture & sights. Kotor 55, Turin 78: Turin leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Kotor 30, Turin 50: Turin leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kotor and Turin are level on 80.
Day trips. Kotor 72, Turin 84: Turin leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Kotor 36, Turin 57: Turin leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Kotor 48, Turin 68: Turin leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Kotor 20, Turin 58: Turin leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Kotor 57, Turin 58: Turin leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kotor 20, Turin 65: Turin leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kotor 24, Turin 40: Turin leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kotor and Turin.

Your match

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

Kotor
45match

Wins on beaches with your weighting.

Turin
Best match
61match

Wins on live music and the arts and food and drink 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

Turin in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
56 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
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.

Turin 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Kotor: 1991-2020 normals, Tivat (4.2 km from centre). Turin: 1991-2020 normals, Torino / Caselle (15.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKotorTurin
Official languageMontenegrinItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m239 m
Main airportTivat Airport (TIV)5 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsTurin Airport (TRN)14 km from centre65 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureKotorTurin
City population562841,600
People per km²-6,474
Museums within 10 km372
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km34
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.