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Hot-air balloons over Cappadocia at sunrise, Goreme
GoremeHot-air balloons over Cappadocia at sunrise
Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace

Photos: Goreme by Guerrero De la Luz, Pexels License; Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Goreme or Quebec City?

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

  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose Quebec City for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Quebec City’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, Quebec City 18: Quebec City leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Goreme 20, Quebec City 57: Quebec City leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Goreme 45, Quebec City 70: Quebec City leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Goreme 5, Quebec City 42: Quebec City leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Goreme 74, Quebec City 79: Quebec City leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Goreme 70, Quebec City 58: Goreme leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Goreme 40, Quebec City 64: Quebec City leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Goreme 40, Quebec City 50: Quebec City leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Goreme 22, Quebec City 45: Quebec City leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Goreme 58, Quebec City 45: Goreme leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Goreme 10, Quebec City 52: Quebec City leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Goreme 42, Quebec City 55: Quebec City leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Goreme and Quebec City.

Your match

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

Goreme
36match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Quebec City
Best match
53match

Wins on live music and the arts 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
15 hdaylight a day

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
16 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). Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGoremeQuebec City
Official languageTurkishFrench, English
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation1,100 m98 m
Main airportKayseri Erkilet International Airport (ASR)60 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureGoremeQuebec City
City population2,000574,482
People per km²201,184
Museums within 10 km516
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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