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Skiers among snow-covered firs, Beaver Creek
Beaver CreekSkiers among snow-covered firs
The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above

Photos: Beaver Creek by Joe Lin, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Beaver Creek 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 Beaver Creek for

  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Beaver Creek’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. Beaver Creek 6, Marmaris 80: Marmaris leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Beaver Creek 38, Marmaris 40: Marmaris leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Beaver Creek 7, Marmaris 18: Marmaris leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Beaver Creek 12, Marmaris 60: Marmaris leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Beaver Creek 90, Marmaris 72: Beaver Creek leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Beaver Creek 40, Marmaris 65: Marmaris leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Beaver Creek and Marmaris are level on 62.
Getting around. Beaver Creek 45, Marmaris 55: Marmaris leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Beaver Creek 22, Marmaris 38: Marmaris leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Beaver Creek 5, Marmaris 62: Marmaris leads by 57 points.
Live music & performing arts. Beaver Creek 36, Marmaris 12: Beaver Creek leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Beaver Creek 55, Marmaris 50: Beaver Creek leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Beaver Creek and Marmaris.

Your match

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

Beaver Creek
35match

Wins on live music and the arts and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Marmaris
Best match
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.

Beaver Creek in July

29 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
31 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 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

Beaver Creek's temperatures are measured 34 km from the centre, at Eagle County / Gypsum.

Beaver Creek's station stands 268 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Beaver Creek 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. Beaver Creek: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Eagle County / Gypsum (33.8 km from centre). Marmaris: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (48.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBeaver CreekMarmaris
Official language-Turkish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number911112
Elevation2,264 m7 m
Main airportEagle County Regional Airport (EGE)34 km from centre16 non-stop destinationsDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBeaver CreekMarmaris
City population-97,818
People per km²-111
Museums within 10 km01
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.