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Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade
A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street

Photos: Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License; Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License.

Izmir or Lisbon?

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

  • wellness
  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Lisbon for

  • culture and sights
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Lisbon’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, Lisbon 50: Izmir leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Izmir 72, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Izmir 55, Lisbon 78: Lisbon leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Izmir 60, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Izmir 66, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Izmir 86, Lisbon 82: Izmir leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Izmir 55, Lisbon 62: Lisbon leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Izmir 63, Lisbon 66: Lisbon leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Izmir 55, Lisbon 60: Lisbon leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Izmir 66, Lisbon 55: Izmir leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Izmir 48, Lisbon 60: Lisbon leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Izmir 57, Lisbon 36: Izmir leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Izmir and Lisbon.

Your match

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

Izmir
62match

Wins on wellness and beaches with your weighting.

Lisbon
Best match
65match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre). Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureIzmirLisbon
Official languageTurkishPortuguese
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation2 m100 m
Main airportAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureIzmirLisbon
City population4,493,242545,796
People per km²4,7605,453
Museums within 10 km2980
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 monthsNone

Where else could you go?

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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.