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A canal bridge in autumn, Amsterdam
AmsterdamA canal bridge in autumn
Bodrum Castle and gulets in the harbour, Bodrum
BodrumBodrum Castle and gulets in the harbour

Photos: Amsterdam by Hans, Pexels License; Bodrum by Serhio Magpie, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Amsterdam or Bodrum?

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 Amsterdam for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Bodrum for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Bodrum’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. Amsterdam 25, Bodrum 80: Bodrum leads by 55 points.
Food & drink. Amsterdam 58, Bodrum 60: Bodrum leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Amsterdam 82, Bodrum 45: Amsterdam leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Amsterdam 77, Bodrum 65: Amsterdam leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amsterdam 47, Bodrum 60: Bodrum leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Amsterdam 87, Bodrum 72: Amsterdam leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Amsterdam 72, Bodrum 66: Amsterdam leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Amsterdam 86, Bodrum 42: Amsterdam leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Amsterdam 68, Bodrum 45: Amsterdam leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Amsterdam 22, Bodrum 38: Bodrum leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amsterdam 78, Bodrum 32: Amsterdam leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amsterdam 42, Bodrum 52: Bodrum leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amsterdam and Bodrum.

Your match

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

Amsterdam
Best match
62match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around with your weighting.

Bodrum
55match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Amsterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
84 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Bodrum in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Amsterdam 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.

Amsterdam's sunshine is measured 35 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Bodrum's temperatures are measured 43 km from the centre, at Kos Airport.

Bodrum 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Amsterdam: 1991-2020 normals, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (12 km from centre). Bodrum: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Kos Airport (42.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmsterdamBodrum
Official languageDutchTurkish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112112
Elevation-2 m10 m
Main airportAmsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)12 km from centre287 non-stop destinationsMilas Bodrum International Airport (BJV)32 km from centre83 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmsterdamBodrum
City population921,468175,000
People per km²4,208314
Museums within 10 km1014
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 months

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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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.