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A canal bridge in autumn, Amsterdam
AmsterdamA canal bridge in autumn
The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above

Photos: Amsterdam by Hans, Pexels License; Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Amsterdam or Marmaris?

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
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose Marmaris for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Marmaris’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, Marmaris 80: Marmaris leads by 55 points.
Food & drink. Amsterdam 58, Marmaris 40: Amsterdam leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Amsterdam 82, Marmaris 18: Amsterdam leads by 64 points.
Nightlife. Amsterdam 77, Marmaris 60: Amsterdam leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amsterdam 47, Marmaris 72: Marmaris leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Amsterdam 87, Marmaris 65: Amsterdam leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Amsterdam 72, Marmaris 62: Amsterdam leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Amsterdam 86, Marmaris 55: Amsterdam leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Amsterdam 68, Marmaris 38: Amsterdam leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Amsterdam 22, Marmaris 62: Marmaris leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amsterdam 78, Marmaris 12: Amsterdam leads by 66 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amsterdam 42, Marmaris 50: Marmaris leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amsterdam and Marmaris.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Marmaris
51match

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

Marmaris in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
8 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
25 °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.

Marmaris's temperatures are measured 49 km from the centre, at Dalaman.

Marmaris 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). Marmaris: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (48.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmsterdamMarmaris
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 m7 m
Main airportAmsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)12 km from centre287 non-stop destinationsDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmsterdamMarmaris
City population921,46897,818
People per km²4,208111
Museums within 10 km1011
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km51
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone6 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.