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Bodrum Castle and gulets in the harbour, Bodrum
BodrumBodrum Castle and gulets in the harbour
Rathausquai on the Reuss, Lucerne
LucerneRathausquai on the Reuss

Photos: Bodrum by Serhio Magpie, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Lucerne by ILOVESwitzerland, Pexels License.

Bodrum or Lucerne?

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 Bodrum for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose Lucerne for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Lucerne’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. Bodrum 80, Lucerne 35: Bodrum leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Bodrum 60, Lucerne 35: Bodrum leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Bodrum 45, Lucerne 58: Lucerne leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Bodrum 65, Lucerne 28: Bodrum leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bodrum 60, Lucerne 92: Lucerne leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Bodrum 72, Lucerne 78: Lucerne leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Bodrum and Lucerne are level on 66.
Getting around. Bodrum 42, Lucerne 86: Lucerne leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Bodrum 45, Lucerne 46: Lucerne leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Bodrum 38, Lucerne 8: Bodrum leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bodrum 32, Lucerne 66: Lucerne leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bodrum 52, Lucerne 46: Bodrum leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bodrum and Lucerne.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Bodrum
55match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Lucerne
54match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Lucerne in July

24 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
141 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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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.

Lucerne 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.

Lucerne's sunshine is measured 42 km from the centre, at Zurich Town / Ville..

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). Lucerne: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Emmen (4.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBodrumLucerne
Official languageTurkishFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m436 m
Main airportMilas Bodrum International Airport (BJV)32 km from centre83 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)49 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBodrumLucerne
City population175,00086,234
People per km²3142,963
Museums within 10 km414
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. 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.