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The skyline across the water with the Chugach Mountains behind, Anchorage
AnchorageThe skyline across the water with the Chugach Mountains behind
The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above

Photos: Anchorage by Frank K., CC BY 2.0, cropped; Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Anchorage 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 Anchorage for

  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Marmaris for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • getting around

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. Anchorage 8, Marmaris 80: Marmaris leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Anchorage and Marmaris are level on 40.
Culture & sights. Anchorage 35, Marmaris 18: Anchorage leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Anchorage 30, Marmaris 60: Marmaris leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Anchorage 93, Marmaris 72: Anchorage leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Anchorage 33, Marmaris 65: Marmaris leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Anchorage 55, Marmaris 62: Marmaris leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Anchorage 22, Marmaris 55: Marmaris leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Anchorage 28, Marmaris 38: Marmaris leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Anchorage 28, Marmaris 62: Marmaris leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Anchorage 34, Marmaris 12: Anchorage leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Anchorage 32, Marmaris 50: Marmaris leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Anchorage and Marmaris.

Your match

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

Anchorage
37match

Wins on live music and the arts and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Marmaris
Best match
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.

Anchorage in July

20 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
47 mmrain in the month
13 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Marmaris in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
8 mmrain in the month
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

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. Anchorage: 1991-2020 normals, Anchorage Air Force Base (7 km from centre). Marmaris: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (48.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnchorageMarmaris
Official language-Turkish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-9, UTC-8 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number911112
Elevation31 m7 m
Main airportTed Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC)7 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnchorageMarmaris
City population291,24797,818
People per km²58111
Museums within 10 km51
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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). 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. 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.