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Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Izmir or Toronto?

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
  • prices
  • beaches

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

Choose Toronto for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: Izmir leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Izmir 72, Toronto 70: Izmir leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Izmir 55, Toronto 50: Izmir leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Izmir 60, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Izmir 66, Toronto 52: Izmir leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Izmir 86, Toronto 50: Izmir leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Izmir 55, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Izmir 63, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Izmir 55, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Izmir 66, Toronto 34: Izmir leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Izmir 48, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Izmir 57, Toronto 33: Izmir leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Izmir and Toronto.

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 prices with your weighting.

Toronto
55match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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IzmirToronto

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

Before you go

MeasureIzmirToronto
Official languageTurkishFrench, English
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation2 m76 m
Main airportAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureIzmirToronto
City population4,493,2422,794,356
People per km²4,7604,434
Museums within 10 km2932
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months1 month

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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.