Visiting Perast in December
Visiting Perast in December
Weather in December: Average high 12.3°C, 267.2mm rainfall.
# Perast in December: Honest Notes
Let’s be straight with you: Perast in December is wet. Not occasionally-drizzly wet but genuinely, persistently, soak-through-your-jacket wet. That 267mm of rainfall isn’t spread politely across the month — it arrives in heavy, determined downpours that bounce off the cobblestones and turn the bay a dramatic slate grey. The temperature sits around 12 degrees, which sounds manageable until the Adriatic wind decides to remind you where you actually are.
And here’s the thing — it’s also kind of magnificent.
The town itself is essentially a single street hugging the waterfront, bookended by crumbling Baroque palaces and watched over by those two famous islands sitting in the bay. In summer, that street is shoulder-to-shoulder with day-trippers from Kotor and cruise passengers. In December, you might share it with a handful of locals walking their dogs and one other couple who had the same slightly contrarian idea as you. The stillness is real and it’s earned.
Most restaurants close entirely, or open only at weekends when they feel like it — call ahead if you find somewhere promising, because showing up is a gamble. The boat trips out to Our Lady of the Rocks island become irregular or stop altogether. You’re largely looking at the islands rather than visiting them, which is honestly still a beautiful thing to do.
What remains open is the town itself: the architecture, the views, the sense of a place completely unbothered by your presence. If you’re staying in Kotor, Perast is a 25-minute drive and makes a perfectly atmospheric afternoon. As a standalone destination for several nights in December, it would be genuinely lonely in ways that not everyone enjoys.
It’s worth visiting for photographers, people who like melancholy beauty, and anyone who finds crowds genuinely exhausting. It’s probably not worth it if you came for the island churches or lively evenings.
**Practical tip:** Pack waterproof overshoes, not just a rain jacket. The cobblestones hold puddles in ways that will betray you repeatedly.
Plan Your Trip
- Hotels: Search accommodation in Perast on Booking.com
- Tours & Activities: Browse Perast experiences on GetYourGuide
- Day Trips: Find Perast tours on Viator
