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Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade
Lower Broadway and its honky-tonks, Nashville
NashvilleLower Broadway and its honky-tonks

Photos: Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License; Nashville by Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Izmir or Nashville?

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 Nashville for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Nashville’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, Nashville 14: Izmir leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Izmir 72, Nashville 62: Izmir leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Izmir 55, Nashville 50: Izmir leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Izmir 60, Nashville 70: Nashville leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Izmir 66, Nashville 46: Izmir leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Izmir 86, Nashville 52: Izmir leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Izmir and Nashville are level on 55.
Getting around. Izmir 63, Nashville 30: Izmir leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Izmir 55, Nashville 42: Izmir leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Izmir 66, Nashville 30: Izmir leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Izmir 48, Nashville 82: Nashville leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Izmir 57, Nashville 20: Izmir leads by 37 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Izmir and Nashville.

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.

Nashville
46match

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

Nashville in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
104 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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IzmirNashville

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre). Nashville: 1991-2020 normals, Nashville Airport (9.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureIzmirNashville
Official languageTurkish-
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation2 m182 m
Main airportAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsNashville International Airport (BNA)10 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureIzmirNashville
City population4,493,242689,447
People per km²4,760506
Museums within 10 km2912
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.