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Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade
The railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield, Manchester
ManchesterThe railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield

Photos: Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License; Manchester by IIya Kuzhekin, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Izmir or Manchester?

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

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • prices

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

Choose Manchester for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Manchester’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, Manchester 9: Izmir leads by 53 points.
Food & drink. Izmir 72, Manchester 51: Izmir leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Izmir 55, Manchester 50: Izmir leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Izmir 60, Manchester 72: Manchester leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Izmir 66, Manchester 64: Izmir leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Izmir 86, Manchester 77: Izmir leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Izmir 55, Manchester 58: Manchester leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Izmir 63, Manchester 68: Manchester leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Izmir 55, Manchester 62: Manchester leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Izmir 66, Manchester 42: Izmir leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Izmir 48, Manchester 74: Manchester leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Izmir 57, Manchester 15: Izmir leads by 42 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Izmir and Manchester.

Your match

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

Izmir
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Manchester
54match

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

Manchester in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
60 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
17 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). Manchester: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (14.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureIzmirManchester
Official languageTurkishEnglish
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation2 m38 m
Main airportAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsManchester Airport (MAN)15 km from centre211 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureIzmirManchester
City population4,493,242547,627
People per km²4,7604,737
Museums within 10 km2928
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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.