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Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade
Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves

Photos: Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License; Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Izmir or Oaxaca?

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
  • day trips
  • nightlife

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

Choose Oaxaca for

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Oaxaca’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, Oaxaca 5: Izmir leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Izmir 72, Oaxaca 84: Oaxaca leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Izmir 55, Oaxaca 74: Oaxaca leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Izmir 60, Oaxaca 40: Izmir leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Izmir 66, Oaxaca 62: Izmir leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Izmir 86, Oaxaca 65: Izmir leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Izmir 55, Oaxaca 40: Izmir leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Izmir 63, Oaxaca 55: Izmir leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Izmir 55, Oaxaca 62: Oaxaca leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Izmir 66, Oaxaca 77: Oaxaca leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Izmir 48, Oaxaca 38: Izmir leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Izmir 57, Oaxaca 50: Izmir leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Izmir and Oaxaca.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Oaxaca
54match

Wins on culture and sights and food and drink 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

Oaxaca in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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IzmirOaxaca

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre). Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureIzmirOaxaca
Official languageTurkishSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation2 m1,555 m
Main airportAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureIzmirOaxaca
City population4,493,242258,913
People per km²4,7603,028
Museums within 10 km2910
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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.