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Kotor or Varanasi?

Two destinations compared in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities. Weight what matters to you and the verdict follows.

The clock tower in the old town, Kotor
Kotor

Photo: Muhammed Fatih Beki, Pexels License

Rowing boats below the ghats in the morning light, Varanasi
Varanasi

Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped

Your match

Kotor
✓ Best match
45
match

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

Varanasi
40
match

Wins on live music and the arts and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders. The match scores above update as you do.

Scoreboard

Our verdict on each category, scored 0 to 100 against fixed benchmark cities.

KotorVaranasi
Beaches & swimming. Kotor leads by 53 points.53
Food & drink. Varanasi leads by 18 points.18
Culture & sights. Varanasi leads by 25 points.25
Nightlife. Kotor leads by 20 points.20
Nature & outdoors. Kotor leads by 62 points.62
Day trips. Kotor leads by 30 points.30
Good for families. Kotor leads by 31 points.31
Getting around. Kotor leads by 20 points.20
Shopping & style. Varanasi leads by 35 points.35
Affordability. Varanasi leads by 35 points.35
Live music & performing arts. Varanasi leads by 38 points.38
Wellness & relaxation. Varanasi leads by 6 points.6
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kotor and Varanasi.

When should you go?

Pick the month you can travel and see both cities side by side. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Climate figures for July
JulyKotorVaranasi
Daytime high33 °C35 °C
Night-time low20 °C27 °C
Rainfall in the month38 mm249 mm
Sunshine11 hours a dayNo figure
Sea temperature25 °CNo sea
Daylight15 hours a day14 hours a day

The whole year

Each row is shaded against that destination’s own year, so the deepest cell is its best month for that figure and the palest its weakest. Shades are not comparable between the two rows.

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Daytime high, °C
Kotor
11
12
15
19
24
30
33
33
27
22
16
11
Varanasi
24
29
35
41
43
41
35
33
32
32
28
24
Sea temperature, °C
Kotor
14
14
14
15
19
23
25
26
24
21
19
16
Varanasi
No coastline within reach
Rainfall, mm
Kotor
162
148
151
140
88
56
38
54
173
169
256
229
Varanasi
12
14
10
11
23
110
249
200
146
34
2
5
Daylight, hours per day
Kotor
10
11
12
13
15
15
15
14
13
11
10
9
Varanasi
11
11
12
13
13
14
14
13
12
12
11
11
Sunshine, hours per day
Kotor
4
4
6
6
8
10
11
11
7
6
3
3
Varanasi
No sunshine record

Where the figures come from

Kotor's temperatures are measured 40 km from the centre, at Podgorica / Golubovci.

Kotor's rainfall is measured 42 km from the centre, at Podgorica-Grad.

Kotor's sunshine is measured 42 km from the centre, at Podgorica-Grad.

Varanasi has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Kotor: 1991-2020 normals, Podgorica / Golubovci (39.9 km from centre). Varanasi: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

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Before you go

MeasureKotorVaranasi
Official languageMontenegrinHindi, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number112108 or 112
Elevation10 m76 m
Main airportTivat Airport (TIV)5 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsLal Bahadur Shastri International Airport (VNS)21 km from centre16 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureKotorVaranasi
City population5621,198,491
People per km²-14,598
Museums within 10 km32
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
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. 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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. Typical fares from Travelpayouts (Aviasales data). Route-level air passenger statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate and flight figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-27. Typical prices can be up to 7 days old. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.