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Yellow colonial houses in the walled city, Cartagena
CartagenaYellow colonial houses in the walled city
Hot-air balloons over Cappadocia at sunrise, Goreme
GoremeHot-air balloons over Cappadocia at sunrise

Photos: Cartagena by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Goreme by Guerrero De la Luz, Pexels License.

Cartagena or Goreme?

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 Cartagena for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Goreme for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Goreme’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. Cartagena 70, Goreme 3: Cartagena leads by 67 points.
Food & drink. Cartagena 62, Goreme 20: Cartagena leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Cartagena 68, Goreme 45: Cartagena leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Cartagena 70, Goreme 5: Cartagena leads by 65 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cartagena 46, Goreme 74: Goreme leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Cartagena 33, Goreme 70: Goreme leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Cartagena and Goreme are level on 40.
Getting around. Cartagena 54, Goreme 40: Cartagena leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Cartagena 48, Goreme 22: Cartagena leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Cartagena 60, Goreme 58: Cartagena leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cartagena 40, Goreme 10: Cartagena leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cartagena 40, Goreme 42: Goreme leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cartagena and Goreme.

Your match

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

Cartagena
Best match
53match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Goreme
36match

Wins on day trips 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.

Cartagena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
124 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Goreme in July

30 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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

Goreme's station stands 160 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. Cartagena: 1991-2020 normals, Cartagena / Rafael Nunez (3.1 km from centre). Goreme: 1991-2020 normals, Nevsehir (10.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCartagenaGoreme
Official languageSpanishTurkish
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+3
Emergency number123112
Elevation2 m1,100 m
Main airportRafael Nuñez International Airport (CTG)2 km from centre26 non-stop destinationsKayseri Erkilet International Airport (ASR)60 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCartagenaGoreme
City population914,5522,000
People per km²1,59920
Museums within 10 km25
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.