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Bodrum Castle and gulets in the harbour, Bodrum
BodrumBodrum Castle and gulets in the harbour
La Concha beach and Monte Urgull, San Sebastian
San SebastianLa Concha beach and Monte Urgull

Photos: Bodrum by Serhio Magpie, CC BY 4.0, cropped; San Sebastian by Guérin Nicolas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Bodrum or San Sebastian?

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
  • prices

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

Choose San Sebastian for

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on San Sebastian’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, San Sebastian 68: Bodrum leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Bodrum 60, San Sebastian 88: San Sebastian leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Bodrum 45, San Sebastian 52: San Sebastian leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Bodrum 65, San Sebastian 44: Bodrum leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bodrum 60, San Sebastian 72: San Sebastian leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Bodrum 72, San Sebastian 80: San Sebastian leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Bodrum and San Sebastian are level on 66.
Getting around. Bodrum 42, San Sebastian 80: San Sebastian leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Bodrum 45, San Sebastian 40: Bodrum leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Bodrum 38, San Sebastian 32: Bodrum leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bodrum 32, San Sebastian 45: San Sebastian leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bodrum 52, San Sebastian 50: Bodrum leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bodrum and San Sebastian.

Your match

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

Bodrum
55match

Wins on nightlife and beaches with your weighting.

San Sebastian
Best match
60match

Wins on getting around and food and drink 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

San Sebastian in July

22 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
92 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 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.

San Sebastian's station stands 252 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

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). San Sebastian: 1991-2020 normals, San Sebastian / Igueldo (6.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBodrumSan Sebastian
Official languageTurkishSpanish
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m6 m
Main airportMilas Bodrum International Airport (BJV)32 km from centre83 non-stop destinationsSan Sebastián Airport (EAS)16 km from centre11 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBodrumSan Sebastian
City population175,000189,866
People per km²3143,118
Museums within 10 km414
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months2 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.