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The clock tower in the old town, Kotor
KotorThe clock tower in the old town
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Kotor by Muhammed Fatih Beki, Pexels License; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Kotor or Valletta?

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

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

Choose Valletta for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Valletta’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, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Kotor 37, Valletta 55: Valletta leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Kotor 55, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Kotor 30, Valletta 46: Valletta leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kotor 80, Valletta 56: Kotor leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Kotor 72, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Kotor 36, Valletta 58: Valletta leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Kotor 48, Valletta 62: Valletta leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Kotor 20, Valletta 38: Valletta leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Kotor 57, Valletta 50: Kotor leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kotor 20, Valletta 44: Valletta leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kotor 24, Valletta 32: Valletta leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kotor and Valletta.

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.

Valletta
Best match
55match

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

Valletta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 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). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKotorValletta
Official languageMontenegrinEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m56 m
Main airportTivat Airport (TIV)5 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureKotorValletta
City population5625,197
People per km²-6,496
Museums within 10 km316
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km33
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). 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.