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The clock tower in the old town, Kotor
KotorThe clock tower in the old town
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Kotor by Muhammed Fatih Beki, Pexels License; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Kotor or Wellington?

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

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Wellington for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Kotor leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Kotor 37, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Kotor 55, Wellington 44: Kotor leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Kotor 30, Wellington 45: Wellington leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kotor 80, Wellington 78: Kotor leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Kotor 72, Wellington 40: Kotor leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Kotor 36, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Kotor 48, Wellington 68: Wellington leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Kotor 20, Wellington 42: Wellington leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Kotor 57, Wellington 33: Kotor leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kotor 20, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kotor 24, Wellington 30: Wellington leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kotor and Wellington.

Your match

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

Kotor
45match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Wellington
Best match
49match

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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 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.

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Kotor: 1991-2020 normals, Tivat (4.2 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKotorWellington
Official languageMontenegrinEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number112111
Elevation10 m0 m
Main airportTivat Airport (TIV)5 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureKotorWellington
City population562216,200
People per km²-487
Museums within 10 km312
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.