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Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade
The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign

Photos: Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License; Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Izmir or Las Vegas?

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
  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Las Vegas for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Las Vegas’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, Las Vegas 10: Izmir leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Izmir 72, Las Vegas 68: Izmir leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Izmir 55, Las Vegas 25: Izmir leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Izmir 60, Las Vegas 88: Las Vegas leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Izmir 66, Las Vegas 68: Las Vegas leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Izmir 86, Las Vegas 25: Izmir leads by 61 points.
Good for families. Izmir 55, Las Vegas 25: Izmir leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Izmir 63, Las Vegas 38: Izmir leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Izmir 55, Las Vegas 64: Las Vegas leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Izmir 66, Las Vegas 35: Izmir leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Izmir 48, Las Vegas 78: Las Vegas leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Izmir 57, Las Vegas 40: Izmir leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Izmir and Las Vegas.

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 beaches with your weighting.

Las Vegas
47match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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

Las Vegas in July

40 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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IzmirLas Vegas

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre). Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureIzmirLas Vegas
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
Elevation2 m610 m
Main airportAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureIzmirLas Vegas
City population4,493,242641,903
People per km²4,7601,843
Museums within 10 km2921
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.