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The Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
GenevaThe Jet d'Eau and a lake boat
The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above

Photos: Geneva by Diviosen, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Geneva 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 Geneva for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose Marmaris for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • 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. Geneva 45, Marmaris 80: Marmaris leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Geneva 55, Marmaris 40: Geneva leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Geneva 58, Marmaris 18: Geneva leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Geneva 38, Marmaris 60: Marmaris leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Geneva 82, Marmaris 72: Geneva leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Geneva 80, Marmaris 65: Geneva leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Geneva 57, Marmaris 62: Marmaris leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Geneva 86, Marmaris 55: Geneva leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Geneva 68, Marmaris 38: Geneva leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Geneva 5, Marmaris 62: Marmaris leads by 57 points.
Live music & performing arts. Geneva 60, Marmaris 12: Geneva leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Geneva 55, Marmaris 50: Geneva leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Geneva and Marmaris.

Your match

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

Geneva
Best match
57match

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.

Geneva in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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. Geneva: 1991-2020 normals, Geneve-Cointrin (5.7 km from centre). Marmaris: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (48.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenevaMarmaris
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshTurkish
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112112
Elevation403 m7 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenevaMarmaris
City population211,15297,818
People per km²13,280111
Museums within 10 km341
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.