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The clock tower in the old town, Kotor
KotorThe clock tower in the old town
The Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal, Venice
VeniceThe Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal

Photos: Kotor by Muhammed Fatih Beki, Pexels License; Venice by David Vives, Pexels License.

Kotor or Venice?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

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

Choose Venice for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Venice’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, Venice 56: Kotor leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Kotor 37, Venice 60: Venice leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Kotor 55, Venice 94: Venice leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. Kotor 30, Venice 27: Kotor leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kotor 80, Venice 45: Kotor leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Kotor 72, Venice 86: Venice leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Kotor 36, Venice 45: Venice leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Kotor 48, Venice 68: Venice leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Kotor 20, Venice 57: Venice leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Kotor 57, Venice 20: Kotor leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kotor 20, Venice 62: Venice leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kotor 24, Venice 40: Venice leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kotor and Venice.

Your match

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

Kotor
45match

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

Venice
Best match
55match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights 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

Venice in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
61 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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.

Venice 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.

Venice's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Treviso / S. Angelo.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Kotor: 1991-2020 normals, Tivat (4.2 km from centre). Venice: 1991-2020 normals, Venezia / Tessera (6.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKotorVenice
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 m2 m
Main airportTivat Airport (TIV)5 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsVenice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)7 km from centre103 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureKotorVenice
City population562250,369
People per km²-602
Museums within 10 km352
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km35
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months4 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.