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Hot-air balloons over Cappadocia at sunrise, Goreme
GoremeHot-air balloons over Cappadocia at sunrise
Camelback Mountain above the city, Scottsdale
ScottsdaleCamelback Mountain above the city

Photos: Goreme by Guerrero De la Luz, Pexels License; Scottsdale by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Goreme or Scottsdale?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Scottsdale for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Scottsdale’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, Scottsdale 8: Scottsdale leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Goreme 20, Scottsdale 46: Scottsdale leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Goreme 45, Scottsdale 38: Goreme leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Goreme 5, Scottsdale 52: Scottsdale leads by 47 points.
Nature & outdoors. Goreme 74, Scottsdale 68: Goreme leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Goreme 70, Scottsdale 50: Goreme leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Goreme 40, Scottsdale 60: Scottsdale leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Goreme 40, Scottsdale 20: Goreme leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Goreme 22, Scottsdale 60: Scottsdale leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Goreme 58, Scottsdale 32: Goreme leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Goreme 10, Scottsdale 40: Scottsdale leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Goreme 42, Scottsdale 72: Scottsdale leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Goreme and Scottsdale.

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.

Scottsdale
Best match
46match

Wins on nightlife and shopping 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

Scottsdale in July

41 °Cdaytime high
29 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
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). Scottsdale: 1991-2020 normals, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGoremeScottsdale
Official languageTurkish-
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-7
Emergency number112911
Elevation1,100 m380 m
Main airportKayseri Erkilet International Airport (ASR)60 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)10 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureGoremeScottsdale
City population2,000241,361
People per km²20-
Museums within 10 km510
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.