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The Auckland skyline and Sky Tower from the Waitematā Harbour, Auckland
AucklandThe Auckland skyline and Sky Tower from the Waitematā Harbour
The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above

Photos: Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain; Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Auckland 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 Auckland for

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

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

Choose Marmaris for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • 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. Auckland 68, Marmaris 80: Marmaris leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Auckland 62, Marmaris 40: Auckland leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Auckland 44, Marmaris 18: Auckland leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Auckland 42, Marmaris 60: Marmaris leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Auckland 83, Marmaris 72: Auckland leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Auckland 55, Marmaris 65: Marmaris leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Auckland 70, Marmaris 62: Auckland leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Auckland 42, Marmaris 55: Marmaris leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Auckland 45, Marmaris 38: Auckland leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Auckland 32, Marmaris 62: Marmaris leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Auckland 45, Marmaris 12: Auckland leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Auckland 45, Marmaris 50: Marmaris leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Auckland and Marmaris.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Auckland
53match

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

Marmaris
51match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Auckland in July

14 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
135 mmrain in the month
14 °Csea
10 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

Auckland's station stands 189 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

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. Auckland: 1961-1990 normals, Auckland Aerodrome Aws (17 km from centre). Marmaris: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (48.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAucklandMarmaris
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriTurkish
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number111112
Elevation196 m7 m
Main airportAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinationsDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAucklandMarmaris
City population1,470,10097,818
People per km²2,630111
Museums within 10 km151
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month6 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. 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.