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Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade
The SkyWheel by the beach, Myrtle Beach
Myrtle BeachThe SkyWheel by the beach

Photos: Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License; Myrtle Beach by The ed17, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Izmir or Myrtle Beach?

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

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Myrtle Beach for

  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Myrtle Beach’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, Myrtle Beach 84: Myrtle Beach leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Izmir 72, Myrtle Beach 38: Izmir leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Izmir 55, Myrtle Beach 20: Izmir leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Izmir 60, Myrtle Beach 42: Izmir leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Izmir 66, Myrtle Beach 46: Izmir leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Izmir 86, Myrtle Beach 50: Izmir leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Izmir 55, Myrtle Beach 80: Myrtle Beach leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Izmir 63, Myrtle Beach 18: Izmir leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Izmir 55, Myrtle Beach 38: Izmir leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Izmir 66, Myrtle Beach 52: Izmir leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Izmir 48, Myrtle Beach 30: Izmir leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Izmir 57, Myrtle Beach 28: Izmir leads by 29 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Izmir and Myrtle Beach.

Your match

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

Izmir
Best match
62match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Myrtle Beach
44match

Wins on families and beaches 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

Myrtle Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
172 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Myrtle Beach has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre). Myrtle Beach: 1971-2000 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Myrtle Beach Air Force Base (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureIzmirMyrtle Beach
Official languageTurkish-
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation2 m8 m
Main airportAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsMyrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)5 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureIzmirMyrtle Beach
City population4,493,24235,682
People per km²4,760591
Museums within 10 km292
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months6 months

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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.