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Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade
Vieux Nice and the Baie des Anges, Nice
NiceVieux Nice and the Baie des Anges

Photos: Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License; Nice by Daniel Stockman, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Izmir or Nice?

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
  • wellness
  • nightlife

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

Choose Nice for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Nice’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, Nice 75: Nice leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Izmir 72, Nice 66: Izmir leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Izmir 55, Nice 64: Nice leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Izmir 60, Nice 47: Izmir leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Izmir 66, Nice 80: Nice leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Izmir 86, Nice 87: Nice leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Izmir 55, Nice 57: Nice leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Izmir 63, Nice 74: Nice leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Izmir and Nice are level on 55.
Affordability. Izmir 66, Nice 35: Izmir leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Izmir 48, Nice 45: Izmir leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Izmir 57, Nice 40: Izmir leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Izmir and Nice.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Izmir
62match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Nice
60match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Nice in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
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). Nice: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureIzmirNice
Official languageTurkishFrench
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation2 m0 m
Main airportAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)6 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureIzmirNice
City population4,493,242357,737
People per km²4,7604,975
Museums within 10 km2917
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months4 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.