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Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade
Place d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica, Montreal
MontrealPlace d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica

Photos: Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License; Montreal by Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Izmir or Montreal?

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
  • day trips
  • prices

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

Choose Montreal for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Montreal’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, Montreal 25: Izmir leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Izmir 72, Montreal 78: Montreal leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Izmir 55, Montreal 60: Montreal leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Izmir 60, Montreal 75: Montreal leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Izmir and Montreal are level on 66.
Day trips. Izmir 86, Montreal 55: Izmir leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Izmir 55, Montreal 68: Montreal leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Izmir 63, Montreal 72: Montreal leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Izmir 55, Montreal 60: Montreal leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Izmir 66, Montreal 45: Izmir leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Izmir 48, Montreal 76: Montreal leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Izmir and Montreal are level on 57.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Izmir and Montreal.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Izmir
62match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Montreal
61match

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

Montreal in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
98 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Montreal: 1991-2020 normals, Montreal McTavish (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureIzmirMontreal
Official languageTurkishFrench, English
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation2 m31 m
Main airportAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)16 km from centre166 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureIzmirMontreal
City population4,493,2421,895,211
People per km²4,7603,806
Museums within 10 km2937
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.