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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade

Photos: Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License; Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License.

Berlin 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 Berlin for

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

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

Choose Izmir for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • prices

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. Berlin 38, Izmir 62: Izmir leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, Izmir 72: Izmir leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Izmir 55: Berlin leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Izmir 60: Berlin leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, Izmir 66: Izmir leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Berlin 66, Izmir 86: Izmir leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Izmir 55: Berlin leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, Izmir 63: Berlin leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Izmir 55: Berlin leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Izmir 66: Izmir leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Izmir 48: Berlin leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, Izmir 57: Izmir leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and Izmir.

Your match

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

Berlin
Best match
69match

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

Izmir
62match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Berlin in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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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BerlinIzmir

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre). Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBerlinIzmir
Official languageGermanTurkish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112112
Elevation34 m2 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinIzmir
City population3,700,5774,493,242
People per km²4,1534,760
Museums within 10 km15729
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.