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Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade
The white temple of Wat Kaew Korawaram in Krabi Town, Krabi
KrabiThe white temple of Wat Kaew Korawaram in Krabi Town

Photos: Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License; Krabi by Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Izmir or Krabi?

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 Izmir for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Krabi for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Krabi’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. Izmir 62, Krabi 87: Krabi leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Izmir 72, Krabi 50: Izmir leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Izmir 55, Krabi 20: Izmir leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Izmir 60, Krabi 33: Izmir leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Izmir 66, Krabi 85: Krabi leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Izmir 86, Krabi 40: Izmir leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Izmir and Krabi are level on 55.
Getting around. Izmir 63, Krabi 30: Izmir leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Izmir 55, Krabi 20: Izmir leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Izmir 66, Krabi 78: Krabi leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Izmir 48, Krabi 12: Izmir leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Izmir 57, Krabi 72: Krabi leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Izmir and Krabi.

Your match

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

Izmir
Best match
62match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Krabi
49match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Izmir in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Krabi in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
212 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Krabi's temperatures are measured 67 km from the centre, at Phuket Airport.

Krabi has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre). Krabi: 1991-2020 normals, Phuket Airport (66.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureIzmirKrabi
Official languageTurkishThai
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Baht (THB)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzABCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+7
Emergency number112Police 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199
Elevation2 m16 m
Main airportAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsKrabi International Airport (KBV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureIzmirKrabi
City population4,493,24230,499
People per km²4,760-
Museums within 10 km290
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months12 months

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.