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Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade
Waterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor, Newport Beach
Newport BeachWaterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor

Photos: Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License; Newport Beach by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Izmir or Newport 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

  • prices
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Newport Beach for

  • families
  • beaches
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Newport 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, Newport Beach 70: Newport Beach leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Izmir 72, Newport Beach 50: Izmir leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Izmir 55, Newport Beach 20: Izmir leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Izmir 60, Newport Beach 33: Izmir leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Izmir and Newport Beach are level on 66.
Day trips. Izmir 86, Newport Beach 70: Izmir leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Izmir 55, Newport Beach 80: Newport Beach leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Izmir 63, Newport Beach 20: Izmir leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. Izmir 55, Newport Beach 62: Newport Beach leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Izmir 66, Newport Beach 15: Izmir leads by 51 points.
Live music & performing arts. Izmir 48, Newport Beach 46: Izmir leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Izmir 57, Newport Beach 44: Izmir leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Izmir and Newport Beach.

Your match

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

Izmir
Best match
62match

Wins on prices and getting around with your weighting.

Newport Beach
48match

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

Newport Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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IzmirNewport Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre). Newport Beach: 1991-2020 (rainfall 1981-2010) normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureIzmirNewport Beach
Official languageTurkish-
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation2 m3 m
Main airportAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)7 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureIzmirNewport Beach
City population4,493,24285,239
People per km²4,760622
Museums within 10 km294
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.