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The Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta
AtlantaThe Georgia State Capitol
Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade

Photos: Atlanta by DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License.

Atlanta 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 Atlanta for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose Izmir for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • day trips

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. Atlanta 10, Izmir 62: Izmir leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Atlanta 68, Izmir 72: Izmir leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Atlanta and Izmir are level on 55.
Nightlife. Atlanta 65, Izmir 60: Atlanta leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Atlanta 60, Izmir 66: Izmir leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Atlanta 52, Izmir 86: Izmir leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Atlanta 70, Izmir 55: Atlanta leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Atlanta 28, Izmir 63: Izmir leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Atlanta 50, Izmir 55: Izmir leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Atlanta 40, Izmir 66: Izmir leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Atlanta 62, Izmir 48: Atlanta leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Atlanta 33, Izmir 57: Izmir leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Atlanta and Izmir.

Your match

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

Atlanta
49match

Wins on families and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Izmir
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches and getting around 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 recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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

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.

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). Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAtlantaIzmir
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 m2 m
Main airportHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)14 km from centre238 non-stop destinationsAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAtlantaIzmir
City population498,7154,493,242
People per km²1,4334,760
Museums within 10 km2729
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

Where else could you go?

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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.