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Pulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon, Bath
BathPulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon
Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade

Photos: Bath by Lucas Carlini, Pexels License; Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License.

Bath 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 Bath for

  • wellness
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose Izmir for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nightlife

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. Bath 10, Izmir 62: Izmir leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Bath 44, Izmir 72: Izmir leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Bath 68, Izmir 55: Bath leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Bath 30, Izmir 60: Izmir leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bath 58, Izmir 66: Izmir leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Bath 80, Izmir 86: Izmir leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Bath 50, Izmir 55: Izmir leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Bath 72, Izmir 63: Bath leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Bath 54, Izmir 55: Izmir leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Bath 27, Izmir 66: Izmir leads by 39 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bath 44, Izmir 48: Izmir leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bath 78, Izmir 57: Bath leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bath and Izmir.

Your match

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

Bath
51match

Wins on wellness and culture and sights with your weighting.

Izmir
Best match
62match

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.

Bath in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 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

Bath's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Lyneham.

Bath 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. Bath: 1991-2020 normals, Lyneham (29.2 km from centre). Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBathIzmir
Official languageEnglishTurkish
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112 or 999112
Elevation132 m2 m
Main airportBristol Airport (BRS)25 km from centre117 non-stop destinationsAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBathIzmir
City population94,0924,493,242
People per km²3,2454,760
Museums within 10 km1729
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.