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Korenlei reflected in the Leie, Ghent
GhentKorenlei reflected in the Leie
The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above

Photos: Ghent by ykeiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Ghent 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 Ghent for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

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

Choose Marmaris for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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. Ghent 25, Marmaris 80: Marmaris leads by 55 points.
Food & drink. Ghent 62, Marmaris 40: Ghent leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Ghent 72, Marmaris 18: Ghent leads by 54 points.
Nightlife. Ghent 55, Marmaris 60: Marmaris leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ghent 35, Marmaris 72: Marmaris leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Ghent 88, Marmaris 65: Ghent leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Ghent 50, Marmaris 62: Marmaris leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Ghent 78, Marmaris 55: Ghent leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Ghent 50, Marmaris 38: Ghent leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Ghent 38, Marmaris 62: Marmaris leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ghent 60, Marmaris 12: Ghent leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ghent 33, Marmaris 50: Marmaris leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ghent and Marmaris.

Your match

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

Ghent
Best match
54match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts 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.

Ghent in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 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

Ghent 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.

Ghent's sunshine is measured 45 km from the centre, at Vlissingen.

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. Ghent: 2009-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Melle / Kalverhaag (10.1 km from centre). Marmaris: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (48.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGhentMarmaris
Official languageFrench, German, DutchTurkish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112112
Elevation12 m7 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)56 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureGhentMarmaris
City population272,65797,818
People per km²1,728111
Museums within 10 km301
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km51
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone6 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. 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). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.