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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Delhi 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 Delhi for

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

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

Choose Marmaris for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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. Delhi 4, Marmaris 80: Marmaris leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Marmaris 40: Delhi leads by 44 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Marmaris 18: Delhi leads by 67 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Marmaris 60: Marmaris leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Marmaris 72: Marmaris leads by 52 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Marmaris 65: Delhi leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Marmaris 62: Marmaris leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Delhi and Marmaris are level on 55.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Marmaris 38: Delhi leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Marmaris 62: Delhi leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Marmaris 12: Delhi leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Marmaris 50: Marmaris leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi 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

Delhi
53match

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

Marmaris
51match

Wins on beaches 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.

Delhi in July

36 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
190 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Marmaris: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (48.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiMarmaris
Official languageHindi, EnglishTurkish
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+3
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation221 m7 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiMarmaris
City population26,495,00097,818
People per km²18,962111
Museums within 10 km231
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.