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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Cadiz or Marmaris?

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 Cadiz for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

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

Choose Marmaris for

  • nightlife
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Marmaris’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. Cadiz and Marmaris are level on 80.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Marmaris 40: Cadiz leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Marmaris 18: Cadiz leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Marmaris 60: Marmaris leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Marmaris 72: Marmaris leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Marmaris 65: Cadiz leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Marmaris 62: Marmaris leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Marmaris 55: Cadiz leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Marmaris 38: Marmaris leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Marmaris 62: Marmaris leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Marmaris 12: Cadiz leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz 42, Marmaris 50: Marmaris leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Marmaris.

Your match

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

Cadiz
Best match
60match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Marmaris
51match

Wins on nightlife and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Cadiz in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Marmaris in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
8 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Marmaris's temperatures are measured 49 km from the centre, at Dalaman.

Marmaris 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. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Marmaris: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (48.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizMarmaris
Official languageSpanishTurkish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112112
Elevation11 m7 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizMarmaris
City population109,95097,818
People per km²9,087111
Museums within 10 km111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months6 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). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.