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Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade
Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan, New York
New YorkBrooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan

Photos: Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License; New York by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Izmir or New York?

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
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose New York for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on New York’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, New York 50: Izmir leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Izmir 72, New York 92: New York leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Izmir 55, New York 89: New York leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Izmir 60, New York 97: New York leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Izmir 66, New York 55: Izmir leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Izmir 86, New York 68: Izmir leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Izmir 55, New York 70: New York leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Izmir 63, New York 82: New York leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Izmir 55, New York 97: New York leads by 42 points.
Affordability. Izmir 66, New York 12: Izmir leads by 54 points.
Live music & performing arts. Izmir 48, New York 99: New York leads by 51 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Izmir 57, New York 42: Izmir leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Izmir and New York.

Your match

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

Izmir
62match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

New York
Best match
71match

Wins on live music and the arts and shopping 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

New York in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
107 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
22 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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IzmirNew York

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre). New York: 1991-2020 normals, LaGuardia Airport (12.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureIzmirNew York
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 m25 m
Main airportAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsJohn F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)21 km from centre189 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureIzmirNew York
City population4,493,2428,804,190
People per km²4,7607,256
Museums within 10 km29157
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months3 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.