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The clock tower in the old town, Kotor
KotorThe clock tower in the old town
The British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria
VictoriaThe British Columbia Parliament Buildings

Photos: Kotor by Muhammed Fatih Beki, Pexels License; Victoria by Guilice, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Kotor or Victoria?

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
  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose Victoria for

  • families
  • wellness
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria’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, Victoria 28: Kotor leads by 29 points.
Food & drink. Kotor 37, Victoria 50: Victoria leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Kotor 55, Victoria 42: Kotor leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Kotor and Victoria are level on 30.
Nature & outdoors. Kotor 80, Victoria 77: Kotor leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Kotor 72, Victoria 54: Kotor leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Kotor 36, Victoria 62: Victoria leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Kotor 48, Victoria 60: Victoria leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Kotor 20, Victoria 40: Victoria leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Kotor 57, Victoria 34: Kotor leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kotor 20, Victoria 40: Victoria leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kotor 24, Victoria 48: Victoria leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kotor and Victoria.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Kotor
45match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Victoria
47match

Wins on families and wellness 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

Victoria in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
12 °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.

Victoria's sunshine is measured 87 km from the centre, at Vancouver International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Kotor: 1991-2020 normals, Tivat (4.2 km from centre). Victoria: 1991-2020 normals, Victoria Gonzales CS (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKotorVictoria
Official languageMontenegrinFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m23 m
Main airportTivat Airport (TIV)5 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsVictoria International Airport (YYJ)25 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureKotorVictoria
City population56291,867
People per km²-4,711
Museums within 10 km36
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
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). 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.

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.