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The pastel houses of Rainbow Row, Charleston
CharlestonThe pastel houses of Rainbow Row
The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above

Photos: Charleston by NealVickers, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Charleston 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 Charleston for

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

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

Choose Marmaris for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

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. Charleston 72, Marmaris 80: Marmaris leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Charleston 72, Marmaris 40: Charleston leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Charleston 64, Marmaris 18: Charleston leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Charleston 44, Marmaris 60: Marmaris leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Charleston 55, Marmaris 72: Marmaris leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Charleston 62, Marmaris 65: Marmaris leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Charleston 60, Marmaris 62: Marmaris leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Charleston 46, Marmaris 55: Marmaris leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Charleston 55, Marmaris 38: Charleston leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Charleston 27, Marmaris 62: Marmaris leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Charleston 42, Marmaris 12: Charleston leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Charleston 40, Marmaris 50: Marmaris leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Charleston and Marmaris.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Charleston
53match

Wins on culture and sights and food and drink with your weighting.

Marmaris
51match

Wins on prices 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.

Charleston in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
167 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Marmaris in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
8 mmrain in the month
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. Charleston: 1991-2020 normals, Charleston Airport (16.1 km from centre). Marmaris: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (48.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCharlestonMarmaris
Official language-Turkish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number911112
Elevation6 m7 m
Main airportCharleston International Airport (CHS)16 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCharlestonMarmaris
City population150,22797,818
People per km²532111
Museums within 10 km191
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 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). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.