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Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade
The Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, Paris
ParisThe Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro

Photos: Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License; Paris by Efrem Efre, Pexels License.

Izmir or Paris?

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
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Paris for

  • shopping
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Paris’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, Paris 9: Izmir leads by 53 points.
Food & drink. Izmir 72, Paris 96: Paris leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Izmir 55, Paris 97: Paris leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Izmir 60, Paris 80: Paris leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Izmir 66, Paris 52: Izmir leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Izmir 86, Paris 92: Paris leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Izmir 55, Paris 79: Paris leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Izmir 63, Paris 88: Paris leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Izmir 55, Paris 98: Paris leads by 43 points.
Affordability. Izmir 66, Paris 25: Izmir leads by 41 points.
Live music & performing arts. Izmir 48, Paris 88: Paris leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Izmir 57, Paris 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 Paris.

Your match

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

Izmir
62match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Paris
Best match
70match

Wins on shopping and culture and sights 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

Paris in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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IzmirParis

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre). Paris: 1991-2020 normals, Paris-Montsouris (4.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureIzmirParis
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 m27 m
Main airportAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsCharles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)22 km from centre277 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureIzmirParis
City population4,493,2422,103,778
People per km²4,76019,960
Museums within 10 km29251
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
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.