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Hot-air balloons over Cappadocia at sunrise, Goreme
GoremeHot-air balloons over Cappadocia at sunrise
The Johannesburg skyline and the Hillbrow Tower, Johannesburg
JohannesburgThe Johannesburg skyline and the Hillbrow Tower

Photos: Goreme by Guerrero De la Luz, Pexels License; Johannesburg by K, Pexels License.

Goreme or Johannesburg?

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 Goreme for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Johannesburg for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Johannesburg’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. Goreme 3, Johannesburg 5: Johannesburg leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Goreme 20, Johannesburg 58: Johannesburg leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Goreme 45, Johannesburg 56: Johannesburg leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Goreme 5, Johannesburg 62: Johannesburg leads by 57 points.
Nature & outdoors. Goreme 74, Johannesburg 55: Goreme leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Goreme 70, Johannesburg 52: Goreme leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Goreme 40, Johannesburg 42: Johannesburg leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Goreme 40, Johannesburg 18: Goreme leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Goreme 22, Johannesburg 58: Johannesburg leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Goreme 58, Johannesburg 72: Johannesburg leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Goreme 10, Johannesburg 55: Johannesburg leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Goreme 42, Johannesburg 28: Goreme leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Goreme and Johannesburg.

Your match

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

Goreme
36match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Johannesburg
Best match
47match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Goreme in July

30 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Johannesburg in July

19 °Cdaytime high
4 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Goreme's station stands 160 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Goreme: 1991-2020 normals, Nevsehir (10.2 km from centre). Johannesburg: 2005-2019 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Johannesburg B / Roosevelt Park (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGoremeJohannesburg
Official languageTurkishEnglish, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Venda, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Southern Ndebele, South African Sign Language
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Rand (ZAR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCMN230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation1,100 m1,753 m
Main airportKayseri Erkilet International Airport (ASR)60 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsO.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB)22 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureGoremeJohannesburg
City population2,0004,803,262
People per km²202,922
Museums within 10 km514
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12

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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). 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.