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Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade
The Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70

Photos: Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License; Seattle by Caio, Pexels License.

Izmir or Seattle?

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
  • beaches
  • day trips

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

Choose Seattle for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Seattle’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, Seattle 30: Izmir leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Izmir 72, Seattle 66: Izmir leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Izmir 55, Seattle 50: Izmir leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Izmir 60, Seattle 55: Izmir leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Izmir 66, Seattle 87: Seattle leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Izmir 86, Seattle 55: Izmir leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Izmir 55, Seattle 64: Seattle leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Izmir 63, Seattle 60: Izmir leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Izmir 55, Seattle 52: Izmir leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Izmir 66, Seattle 22: Izmir leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Izmir 48, Seattle 70: Seattle leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Izmir 57, Seattle 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 Seattle.

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 beaches with your weighting.

Seattle
54match

Wins on live music and the arts and nature and the outdoors 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

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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IzmirSeattle

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre). Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureIzmirSeattle
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 m40 m
Main airportAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureIzmirSeattle
City population4,493,242737,015
People per km²4,7601,996
Museums within 10 km2927
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.