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Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade
The Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier, Los Angeles
Los AngelesThe Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier

Photos: Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License; Los Angeles by Domenico Convertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Izmir or Los Angeles?

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

  • prices
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Los Angeles for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Los Angeles’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, Los Angeles 60: Izmir leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Izmir 72, Los Angeles 84: Los Angeles leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Izmir 55, Los Angeles 66: Los Angeles leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Izmir 60, Los Angeles 67: Los Angeles leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Izmir 66, Los Angeles 80: Los Angeles leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Izmir 86, Los Angeles 60: Izmir leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Izmir 55, Los Angeles 84: Los Angeles leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Izmir 63, Los Angeles 25: Izmir leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Izmir 55, Los Angeles 80: Los Angeles leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Izmir 66, Los Angeles 24: Izmir leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Izmir 48, Los Angeles 83: Los Angeles leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Izmir 57, Los Angeles 60: Los Angeles leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Izmir and Los Angeles.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Izmir
62match

Wins on prices and getting around with your weighting.

Los Angeles
64match

Wins on live music and the arts and families 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

Los Angeles in July

24 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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IzmirLos Angeles

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre). Los Angeles: 1991-2020 normals, Los Angeles Airport (18.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureIzmirLos Angeles
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 m106 m
Main airportAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsLos Angeles International Airport (LAX)19 km from centre177 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureIzmirLos Angeles
City population4,493,2423,898,747
People per km²4,7602,994
Museums within 10 km2939
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 monthsNone

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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.