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The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals
The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above

Photos: Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Fort Lauderdale 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 Fort Lauderdale for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Marmaris for

  • prices
  • getting around
  • 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. Fort Lauderdale 88, Marmaris 80: Fort Lauderdale leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Fort Lauderdale 47, Marmaris 40: Fort Lauderdale leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Lauderdale 28, Marmaris 18: Fort Lauderdale leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Fort Lauderdale 52, Marmaris 60: Marmaris leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Lauderdale 62, Marmaris 72: Marmaris leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Fort Lauderdale 58, Marmaris 65: Marmaris leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Fort Lauderdale 66, Marmaris 62: Fort Lauderdale leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Fort Lauderdale 32, Marmaris 55: Marmaris leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Lauderdale 52, Marmaris 38: Fort Lauderdale leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Fort Lauderdale 32, Marmaris 62: Marmaris leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Lauderdale 42, Marmaris 12: Fort Lauderdale leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Lauderdale 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: Fort Lauderdale and Marmaris.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Fort Lauderdale
50match

Wins on live music and the arts and shopping with your weighting.

Marmaris
51match

Wins on prices and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Fort Lauderdale in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
166 mmrain in the month
29 °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. Fort Lauderdale: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Lauderdale (7.1 km from centre). Marmaris: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (48.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort LauderdaleMarmaris
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
Elevation11 m7 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre138 non-stop destinationsDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort LauderdaleMarmaris
City population182,76097,818
People per km²1,829111
Museums within 10 km61
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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.