Photos: Bodrum by Serhio Magpie, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Busan by Andrea De Santis, Pexels License.
Bodrum or Busan?
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 Busan for
- getting around
- wellness
- prices
What lies behind each score is written up on Busan’s own page.
Scoreboard
Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bodrum and Busan.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.
Wins on getting around 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.
Bodrum in July
Busan in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
Where the figures come from
Bodrum's temperatures are measured 43 km from the centre, at Kos Airport.
Bodrum 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. Bodrum: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Kos Airport (42.7 km from centre). Busan: 1991-2020 normals, Pusan (9.7 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Bodrum | Busan |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | Turkish | Korean, Korean Sign Language |
| Currency | Turkish Lira (TRY) | Won (KRW) |
| Sockets | CF230 V, 50 Hz | CF220 V, 60 Hz |
| Driving side | Right | Right |
| Time zone | UTC+3 | UTC+9 |
| Emergency number | 112 | Police 112, ambulance 119, fire 119 |
| Elevation | 10 m | 30 m |
| Main airport | Milas Bodrum International Airport (BJV)32 km from centre83 non-stop destinations | Gimhae International Airport (PUS)12 km from centre49 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 14 days | 18 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Bodrum | Busan |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 175,000 | 3,453,198 |
| People per km² | 314 | 4,486 |
| Museums within 10 km | 4 | 7 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 0 | 3 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | 5 months | 4 months |
Where else could you go?
Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Bodrum or Busan somewhere new.