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Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade
The Opera House from the water, Sydney
SydneyThe Opera House from the water

Photos: Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License; Sydney by Bernard Spragg, CC0.

Izmir or Sydney?

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
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose Sydney for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Sydney’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, Sydney 95: Sydney leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Izmir 72, Sydney 77: Sydney leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Izmir 55, Sydney 60: Sydney leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Izmir and Sydney are level on 60.
Nature & outdoors. Izmir 66, Sydney 85: Sydney leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Izmir 86, Sydney 50: Izmir leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Izmir 55, Sydney 75: Sydney leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Izmir 63, Sydney 75: Sydney leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Izmir 55, Sydney 68: Sydney leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Izmir 66, Sydney 22: Izmir leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Izmir 48, Sydney 73: Sydney leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Izmir 57, Sydney 55: Izmir leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Izmir and Sydney.

Your match

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

Izmir
62match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Sydney
Best match
66match

Wins on beaches and live music and the arts 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

Sydney in July

18 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
70 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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IzmirSydney

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre). Sydney: 1991-2020 normals, Sydney Airport (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureIzmirSydney
Official languageTurkishEnglish
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency number112000
Elevation2 m6 m
Main airportAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsSydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD)9 km from centre99 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureIzmirSydney
City population4,493,2425,450,496
People per km²4,760449
Museums within 10 km2938
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months6 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.