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Pulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon, Bath
BathPulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon
The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above

Photos: Bath by Lucas Carlini, Pexels License; Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Bath 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 Bath for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • wellness

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

Choose Marmaris for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nightlife

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. Bath 10, Marmaris 80: Marmaris leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Bath 44, Marmaris 40: Bath leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Bath 68, Marmaris 18: Bath leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Bath 30, Marmaris 60: Marmaris leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bath 58, Marmaris 72: Marmaris leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Bath 80, Marmaris 65: Bath leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Bath 50, Marmaris 62: Marmaris leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Bath 72, Marmaris 55: Bath leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Bath 54, Marmaris 38: Bath leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Bath 27, Marmaris 62: Marmaris leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bath 44, Marmaris 12: Bath leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bath 78, Marmaris 50: Bath leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bath and Marmaris.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Bath
51match

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

Marmaris
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.

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

Marmaris in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
8 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
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

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.

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. Bath: 1991-2020 normals, Lyneham (29.2 km from centre). Marmaris: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (48.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBathMarmaris
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 m7 m
Main airportBristol Airport (BRS)25 km from centre117 non-stop destinationsDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBathMarmaris
City population94,09297,818
People per km²3,245111
Museums within 10 km171
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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.