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Nyhavn, Copenhagen
CopenhagenNyhavn
The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above

Photos: Copenhagen by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Copenhagen 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 Copenhagen for

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

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

Choose Marmaris for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • 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. Copenhagen 40, Marmaris 80: Marmaris leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Copenhagen 76, Marmaris 40: Copenhagen leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Copenhagen 72, Marmaris 18: Copenhagen leads by 54 points.
Nightlife. Copenhagen and Marmaris are level on 60.
Nature & outdoors. Copenhagen 45, Marmaris 72: Marmaris leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Copenhagen 72, Marmaris 65: Copenhagen leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Copenhagen 85, Marmaris 62: Copenhagen leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Copenhagen 85, Marmaris 55: Copenhagen leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Copenhagen 70, Marmaris 38: Copenhagen leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Copenhagen 18, Marmaris 62: Marmaris leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Copenhagen 68, Marmaris 12: Copenhagen leads by 56 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Copenhagen 55, Marmaris 50: Copenhagen leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Copenhagen and Marmaris.

Your match

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

Copenhagen
Best match
62match

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

Marmaris
51match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Copenhagen in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
17 °Csea
17 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. Copenhagen: 1991-2020 normals, Koebenhavn / Landbohoejskolen (2.4 km from centre). Marmaris: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (48.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCopenhagenMarmaris
Official languageDanishTurkish
CurrencyDanish Krone (DKK)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsCEFK230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112112
Elevation14 m7 m
Main airportCopenhagen Kastrup Airport (CPH)8 km from centre196 non-stop destinationsDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCopenhagenMarmaris
City population667,09997,818
People per km²7,339111
Museums within 10 km721
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km51
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone6 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.