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Hot-air balloons over Cappadocia at sunrise, Goreme
GoremeHot-air balloons over Cappadocia at sunrise
Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple

Photos: Goreme by Guerrero De la Luz, Pexels License; Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License.

Goreme or Osaka?

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

  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Osaka for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Osaka’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, Osaka 34: Osaka leads by 31 points.
Food & drink. Goreme 20, Osaka 91: Osaka leads by 71 points.
Culture & sights. Goreme 45, Osaka 63: Osaka leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Goreme 5, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 75 points.
Nature & outdoors. Goreme 74, Osaka 58: Goreme leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Goreme 70, Osaka 97: Osaka leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Goreme 40, Osaka 88: Osaka leads by 48 points.
Getting around. Goreme 40, Osaka 90: Osaka leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Goreme 22, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 58 points.
Affordability. Goreme 58, Osaka 60: Osaka leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Goreme 10, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 56 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Goreme 42, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Goreme and Osaka.

Your match

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

Goreme
36match

Wins on nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Osaka
Best match
73match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink 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
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Osaka in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
175 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine 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

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). Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGoremeOsaka
Official languageTurkishJapanese
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation1,100 m20 m
Main airportKayseri Erkilet International Airport (ASR)60 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureGoremeOsaka
City population2,0002,751,862
People per km²2012,340
Museums within 10 km544
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km16
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

Where else could you go?

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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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.