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Hot-air balloons over Cappadocia at sunrise, Goreme
GoremeHot-air balloons over Cappadocia at sunrise
The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
San FranciscoThe Golden Gate Bridge

Photos: Goreme by Guerrero De la Luz, Pexels License; San Francisco by Elijah Cobb, Pexels License.

Goreme or San Francisco?

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

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

Choose San Francisco for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on San Francisco’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, San Francisco 25: San Francisco leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Goreme 20, San Francisco 82: San Francisco leads by 62 points.
Culture & sights. Goreme 45, San Francisco 68: San Francisco leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Goreme 5, San Francisco 58: San Francisco leads by 53 points.
Nature & outdoors. Goreme 74, San Francisco 80: San Francisco leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Goreme 70, San Francisco 72: San Francisco leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Goreme 40, San Francisco 66: San Francisco leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Goreme 40, San Francisco 70: San Francisco leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Goreme 22, San Francisco 58: San Francisco leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Goreme 58, San Francisco 14: Goreme leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Goreme 10, San Francisco 76: San Francisco leads by 66 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Goreme and San Francisco are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Goreme and San Francisco.

Your match

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

Goreme
36match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

San Francisco
Best match
59match

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
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

San Francisco in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
15 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). San Francisco: 1981-2010 normals, Alameda Naval Air Station (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGoremeSan Francisco
Official languageTurkish-
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation1,100 m16 m
Main airportKayseri Erkilet International Airport (ASR)60 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsSan Francisco International Airport (SFO)18 km from centre142 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureGoremeSan Francisco
City population2,000873,965
People per km²201,455
Museums within 10 km551
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.