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The entrance to the Big Lagoon, El Nido
El NidoThe entrance to the Big Lagoon
Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade

Photos: El Nido by nennnn, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License.

El Nido or Izmir?

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 El Nido for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Izmir for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Izmir’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. El Nido 92, Izmir 62: El Nido leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. El Nido 27, Izmir 72: Izmir leads by 45 points.
Culture & sights. El Nido 4, Izmir 55: Izmir leads by 51 points.
Nightlife. El Nido 30, Izmir 60: Izmir leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. El Nido 87, Izmir 66: El Nido leads by 21 points.
Day trips. El Nido 8, Izmir 86: Izmir leads by 78 points.
Good for families. El Nido 40, Izmir 55: Izmir leads by 15 points.
Getting around. El Nido 22, Izmir 63: Izmir leads by 41 points.
Shopping & style. El Nido 7, Izmir 55: Izmir leads by 48 points.
Affordability. El Nido 64, Izmir 66: Izmir leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. El Nido 7, Izmir 48: Izmir leads by 41 points.
Wellness & relaxation. El Nido 46, Izmir 57: Izmir leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: El Nido and Izmir.

Your match

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

El Nido
36match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Izmir
Best match
62match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

El Nido in July

29 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
368 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Izmir in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
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

El Nido has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. El Nido: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureEl NidoIzmir
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishTurkish
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+3
Emergency number911112
Elevation35 m2 m
Main airportEl Nido Airport (ENI)4 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureEl NidoIzmir
City population51,3674,493,242
People per km²564,760
Museums within 10 km029
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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.