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The Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta
AtlantaThe Georgia State Capitol
Bodrum Castle and gulets in the harbour, Bodrum
BodrumBodrum Castle and gulets in the harbour

Photos: Atlanta by DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Bodrum by Serhio Magpie, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Atlanta 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 Atlanta for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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

Choose Bodrum for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • wellness

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. Atlanta 10, Bodrum 80: Bodrum leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Atlanta 68, Bodrum 60: Atlanta leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Atlanta 55, Bodrum 45: Atlanta leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Atlanta and Bodrum are level on 65.
Nature & outdoors. Atlanta and Bodrum are level on 60.
Day trips. Atlanta 52, Bodrum 72: Bodrum leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Atlanta 70, Bodrum 66: Atlanta leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Atlanta 28, Bodrum 42: Bodrum leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Atlanta 50, Bodrum 45: Atlanta leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Atlanta 40, Bodrum 38: Atlanta leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Atlanta 62, Bodrum 32: Atlanta leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Atlanta 33, Bodrum 52: Bodrum leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Atlanta and Bodrum.

Your match

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

Atlanta
49match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

Bodrum
Best match
55match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Atlanta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
120 mmrain in the month
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Bodrum in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
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

Atlanta 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.

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. Atlanta: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Atlanta / Carroll Heights (12.5 km from centre). Bodrum: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Kos Airport (42.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAtlantaBodrum
Official language-Turkish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number911112
Elevation225 m10 m
Main airportHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)14 km from centre238 non-stop destinationsMilas Bodrum International Airport (BJV)32 km from centre83 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAtlantaBodrum
City population498,715175,000
People per km²1,433314
Museums within 10 km274
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). 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. 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.