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Bodrum or Macau?

Two destinations compared in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities. Weight what matters to you and the verdict follows.

Bodrum Castle and gulets in the harbour, Bodrum
Bodrum

Photo: Serhio Magpie, CC BY 4.0, cropped

The Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline, Macau
Macau

Photo: tian Jin, Pexels License

Your match

Bodrum
✓ Best match
55
match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Macau
46
match

Wins on getting around and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders. The match scores above update as you do.

Scoreboard

Our verdict on each category, scored 0 to 100 against fixed benchmark cities.

BodrumMacau
Beaches & swimming. Bodrum leads by 56 points.56
Food & drink. Macau leads by 17 points.17
Culture & sights. Macau leads by 17 points.17
Nightlife. Bodrum leads by 25 points.25
Nature & outdoors. Bodrum leads by 55 points.55
Day trips. Bodrum leads by 20 points.20
Good for families. Bodrum leads by 18 points.18
Getting around. Macau leads by 18 points.18
Shopping & style. Macau leads by 13 points.13
Affordability. Macau leads by 6 points.6
Live music & performing arts. Macau leads by 4 points.4
Wellness & relaxation. Bodrum leads by 12 points.12
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bodrum and Macau.

When should you go?

Pick the month you can travel and see both cities side by side. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Climate figures for July
JulyBodrumMacau
Daytime high31 °C32 °C
Night-time low23 °C26 °C
Rainfall in the month0 mm281 mm
SunshineNo figure7 hours a day
Sea temperature24 °C29 °C
Daylight14 hours a day13 hours a day

The whole year

Each row is shaded against that destination’s own year, so the deepest cell is its best month for that figure and the palest its weakest. Shades are not comparable between the two rows.

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Daytime high, °C
Bodrum
14
15
17
20
24
28
31
31
28
24
19
16
Macau
19
19
22
25
29
31
32
32
31
29
25
20
Sea temperature, °C
Bodrum
17
16
16
17
19
22
24
25
24
22
20
19
Macau
19
19
20
23
26
28
29
29
28
27
24
21
Rainfall, mm
Bodrum
140
96
71
51
25
3
0
0
12
42
103
147
Macau
34
42
78
160
285
369
281
338
233
71
38
32
Daylight, hours per day
Bodrum
10
11
12
13
14
15
14
14
13
11
10
10
Macau
11
11
12
13
13
14
13
13
12
12
11
11
Sunshine, hours per day
Bodrum
No sunshine record
Macau
4
3
3
3
4
5
7
6
6
6
5
5

Where the figures come from

Bodrum's temperatures are measured 43 km from the centre, at Kos Airport.

Bodrum's rainfall is measured 87 km from the centre, at Samos Airport.

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). Macau: 1991-2020 normals, Taipa (3.9 km from centre).

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Getting there

Flying fromBodrumMacau
IstanbulIST, SAW
1 h 10 m
€50-55
BJV · 32 km
10 h 5 m
no fares
HKG · 41 km
MoscowVKO, SVO, DME, ZIA
3 h 15 m
€244-307
1 stop
BJV · 32 km
9 h 5 m
no fares
HKG · 41 km
LondonLHR, LGW, STN, LTN +2
3 h 50 m
€149-173
1 stop
BJV · 32 km
12 h 0 m
€570-666
1 stop
HKG · 41 km
ManchesterMAN
4 h 5 m
no fares
BJV · 32 km
12 h 0 m
no fares
HKG · 41 km
ZurichZRH
2 h 55 m
no fares
KGS · 40 km
11 h 35 m
no fares
HKG · 41 km
MilanMXP, BGY, LIN
2 h 50 m
no fares
KGS · 40 km
11 h 40 m
no fares
HKG · 41 km
BrusselsBRU, CRL
3 h 30 m
€190-240
1 stop
BJV · 32 km
11 h 40 m
no fares
HKG · 41 km
Abu DhabiAUH
4 h 15 m
no fares
ADB · 142 km
7 h 45 m
€690-962
2 stops
HKG · 41 km
ViennaVIE
2 h 25 m
no fares
KGS · 40 km
10 h 50 m
no fares
SZX · 57 km
AlmatyALA
5 h 35 m
€321-350
1 stop
BJV · 32 km
5 h 20 m
no fares
CAN · 136 km

The busiest departure cities for these two, with a place kept for each other part of the world. Busiest means arriving passengers where an official count exists, and where none does, the number of non-stop services flown: official route statistics are published by the European reporting countries and by nobody else, so a table ranked on them alone would offer a reader in New York or Tokyo ten European cities. Flying times are estimated from the distance between airports, and every row is a city flown non-stop to both. Where the typical offer connects anyway, the stops are shown. Under each figure is the airport the flight lands at and how far that is from the centre, because the nearest airport is not always the one a route is flown to. Where both columns name the same airport it is one flight, and the difference between the two is the distance printed beside it. Typical return fares for 2026-08 to 2026-10, cached market data up to 7 days old. The figure is the middle half of the offers found, so a single price means they agreed and a range means they did not; for a typical route that middle half spans about a quarter of the median, and for the least settled routes rather more than the median itself.

Before you go

MeasureBodrumMacau
Official languageTurkishPortuguese, Cantonese, Standard Chinese
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Pataca (MOP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzFGM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+8
Emergency number112999
Elevation10 m22 m
Main airportMilas Bodrum International Airport (BJV)32 km from centre83 non-stop destinationsMacau International Airport (MFM)7 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBodrumMacau
City population175,000682,100
People per km²3145,916
Museums within 10 km428
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months8 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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. Typical fares from Travelpayouts (Aviasales data). Route-level air passenger statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate and flight figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-27. Typical prices can be up to 7 days old. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.