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Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade
The Assembly Hall on Temple Square, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake CityThe Assembly Hall on Temple Square

Photos: Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License; Salt Lake City by hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Izmir or Salt Lake City?

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

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • food and drink

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

Choose Salt Lake City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Salt Lake City’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, Salt Lake City 12: Izmir leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Izmir 72, Salt Lake City 40: Izmir leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Izmir 55, Salt Lake City 42: Izmir leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Izmir 60, Salt Lake City 30: Izmir leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Izmir 66, Salt Lake City 90: Salt Lake City leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Izmir 86, Salt Lake City 34: Izmir leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Izmir 55, Salt Lake City 72: Salt Lake City leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Izmir 63, Salt Lake City 42: Izmir leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Izmir 55, Salt Lake City 36: Izmir leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Izmir 66, Salt Lake City 40: Izmir leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Izmir 48, Salt Lake City 55: Salt Lake City leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Izmir 57, Salt Lake City 38: Izmir leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Izmir and Salt Lake City.

Your match

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

Izmir
Best match
62match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Salt Lake City
44match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families 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

Salt Lake City in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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IzmirSalt Lake City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre). Salt Lake City: 1991-2020 normals, Salt Lake City International Airport (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureIzmirSalt Lake City
Official languageTurkish-
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation2 m1,288 m
Main airportAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)9 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureIzmirSalt Lake City
City population4,493,242199,723
People per km²4,760690
Museums within 10 km2912
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.