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The Guggenheim Museum on the river, Bilbao
BilbaoThe Guggenheim Museum on the river
Hot-air balloons over Cappadocia at sunrise, Goreme
GoremeHot-air balloons over Cappadocia at sunrise

Photos: Bilbao by José Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Goreme by Guerrero De la Luz, Pexels License.

Bilbao or Goreme?

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 Bilbao for

  • food and drink
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Goreme for

  • prices
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Goreme’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. Bilbao 45, Goreme 3: Bilbao leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Bilbao 81, Goreme 20: Bilbao leads by 61 points.
Culture & sights. Bilbao 62, Goreme 45: Bilbao leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Bilbao 54, Goreme 5: Bilbao leads by 49 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bilbao 75, Goreme 74: Bilbao leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Bilbao 78, Goreme 70: Bilbao leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Bilbao 55, Goreme 40: Bilbao leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Bilbao 79, Goreme 40: Bilbao leads by 39 points.
Shopping & style. Bilbao 47, Goreme 22: Bilbao leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Bilbao 44, Goreme 58: Goreme leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bilbao 53, Goreme 10: Bilbao leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bilbao 33, Goreme 42: Goreme leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bilbao and Goreme.

Your match

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

Bilbao
Best match
59match

Wins on food and drink and nightlife with your weighting.

Goreme
36match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bilbao in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Goreme in July

30 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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

Goreme's station stands 160 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bilbao: 1991-2020 normals, Bilbao / Sondica (4.1 km from centre). Goreme: 1991-2020 normals, Nevsehir (10.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBilbaoGoreme
Official languageSpanishTurkish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112112
Elevation19 m1,100 m
Main airportBilbao Airport (BIO)5 km from centre73 non-stop destinationsKayseri Erkilet International Airport (ASR)60 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBilbaoGoreme
City population351,1242,000
People per km²8,44020
Museums within 10 km175
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month-

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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). 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. 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.