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Bodrum Castle and gulets in the harbour, Bodrum
BodrumBodrum Castle and gulets in the harbour
The US Capitol, Washington DC
Washington DCThe US Capitol

Photos: Bodrum by Serhio Magpie, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Washington DC by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Bodrum or Washington DC?

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
  • wellness
  • prices

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

Choose Washington DC for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Washington DC’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, Washington DC 12: Bodrum leads by 68 points.
Food & drink. Bodrum 60, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Bodrum 45, Washington DC 84: Washington DC leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. Bodrum 65, Washington DC 57: Bodrum leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bodrum 60, Washington DC 64: Washington DC leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Bodrum 72, Washington DC 73: Washington DC leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Bodrum 66, Washington DC 73: Washington DC leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Bodrum 42, Washington DC 72: Washington DC leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Bodrum 45, Washington DC 52: Washington DC leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Bodrum 38, Washington DC 28: Bodrum leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bodrum 32, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bodrum 52, Washington DC 26: Bodrum leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bodrum and Washington DC.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Washington DC
56match

Wins on culture and sights 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
24 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Washington DC in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
108 mmrain in the month
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BodrumWashington DC

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.

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). Washington DC: 1991-2020 normals, Washington National Airport (5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBodrumWashington DC
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 m72 m
Main airportMilas Bodrum International Airport (BJV)32 km from centre83 non-stop destinationsRonald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)5 km from centre105 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBodrumWashington DC
City population175,000689,545
People per km²3143,896
Museums within 10 km498
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months3 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.