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Bodrum Castle and gulets in the harbour, Bodrum
BodrumBodrum Castle and gulets in the harbour
The old Bath House in the Government Gardens, Rotorua
RotoruaThe old Bath House in the Government Gardens

Photos: Bodrum by Serhio Magpie, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Rotorua by W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bodrum or Rotorua?

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

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • food and drink

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

Choose Rotorua for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Rotorua’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, Rotorua 33: Bodrum leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Bodrum 60, Rotorua 33: Bodrum leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Bodrum 45, Rotorua 38: Bodrum leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Bodrum 65, Rotorua 14: Bodrum leads by 51 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bodrum 60, Rotorua 86: Rotorua leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Bodrum 72, Rotorua 45: Bodrum leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Bodrum 66, Rotorua 68: Rotorua leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Bodrum 42, Rotorua 30: Bodrum leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Bodrum 45, Rotorua 22: Bodrum leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Bodrum 38, Rotorua 36: Bodrum leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bodrum 32, Rotorua 30: Bodrum leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bodrum 52, Rotorua 86: Rotorua leads by 34 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bodrum and Rotorua.

Your match

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

Bodrum
Best match
55match

Wins on nightlife and beaches with your weighting.

Rotorua
43match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors 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

Rotorua in July

11 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
113 mmrain in the month
15 °Csea
10 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.

Rotorua has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

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). Rotorua: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureBodrumRotorua
Official languageTurkishEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number112111
Elevation10 m280 m
Main airportMilas Bodrum International Airport (BJV)32 km from centre83 non-stop destinationsRotorua Regional Airport (ROT)7 km from centre3 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBodrumRotorua
City population175,00058,500
People per km²31422
Museums within 10 km41
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 monthsNone

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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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.