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Skiers at the Albion base of the ski area, Alta, Utah
Alta, UtahSkiers at the Albion base of the ski area
Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade

Photos: Alta, Utah by Sumanch, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License.

Alta, Utah or Izmir?

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 Alta, Utah for

  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Alta, Utah’s own page.

Choose Izmir for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Izmir’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. Alta, Utah 3, Izmir 62: Izmir leads by 59 points.
Food & drink. Alta, Utah 15, Izmir 72: Izmir leads by 57 points.
Culture & sights. Alta, Utah 5, Izmir 55: Izmir leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Alta, Utah 4, Izmir 60: Izmir leads by 56 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alta, Utah 90, Izmir 66: Alta, Utah leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Alta, Utah 40, Izmir 86: Izmir leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Alta, Utah 30, Izmir 55: Izmir leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Alta, Utah 35, Izmir 63: Izmir leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Alta, Utah 4, Izmir 55: Izmir leads by 51 points.
Affordability. Alta, Utah 15, Izmir 66: Izmir leads by 51 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alta, Utah 3, Izmir 48: Izmir leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alta, Utah 35, Izmir 57: Izmir leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alta, Utah and Izmir.

Your match

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

Alta, Utah
23match

Wins on nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Izmir
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Alta, Utah in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Izmir in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
23 °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

Alta, Utah 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. Alta, Utah: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km. Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlta, UtahIzmir
Official language-Turkish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number911112
Elevation2,610 m2 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)37 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlta, UtahIzmir
City population2284,493,242
People per km²194,760
Museums within 10 km029
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.