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Bodrum Castle and gulets in the harbour, Bodrum
BodrumBodrum Castle and gulets in the harbour
The SkyWheel by the beach, Myrtle Beach
Myrtle BeachThe SkyWheel by the beach

Photos: Bodrum by Serhio Magpie, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Myrtle Beach by The ed17, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bodrum or Myrtle Beach?

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

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • wellness

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

Choose Myrtle Beach for

  • families
  • prices
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Myrtle Beach’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, Myrtle Beach 84: Myrtle Beach leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Bodrum 60, Myrtle Beach 38: Bodrum leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Bodrum 45, Myrtle Beach 20: Bodrum leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Bodrum 65, Myrtle Beach 42: Bodrum leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bodrum 60, Myrtle Beach 46: Bodrum leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Bodrum 72, Myrtle Beach 50: Bodrum leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Bodrum 66, Myrtle Beach 80: Myrtle Beach leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Bodrum 42, Myrtle Beach 18: Bodrum leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Bodrum 45, Myrtle Beach 38: Bodrum leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Bodrum 38, Myrtle Beach 52: Myrtle Beach leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bodrum 32, Myrtle Beach 30: Bodrum leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bodrum 52, Myrtle Beach 28: Bodrum leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bodrum and Myrtle Beach.

Your match

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

Bodrum
Best match
55match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

Myrtle Beach
44match

Wins on families and prices 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
24 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Myrtle Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
172 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BodrumMyrtle Beach

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.

Myrtle Beach 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). Myrtle Beach: 1971-2000 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Myrtle Beach Air Force Base (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBodrumMyrtle Beach
Official languageTurkish-
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m8 m
Main airportMilas Bodrum International Airport (BJV)32 km from centre83 non-stop destinationsMyrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)5 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBodrumMyrtle Beach
City population175,00035,682
People per km²314591
Museums within 10 km42
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months6 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.