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Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade
The Basilica of Superga, Turin
TurinThe Basilica of Superga

Photos: Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License; Turin by Konstantin Dacosta, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Izmir or Turin?

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
  • wellness
  • nightlife

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

Choose Turin for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Turin’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, Turin 12: Izmir leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Izmir 72, Turin 81: Turin leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Izmir 55, Turin 78: Turin leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Izmir 60, Turin 50: Izmir leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Izmir 66, Turin 80: Turin leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Izmir 86, Turin 84: Izmir leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Izmir 55, Turin 57: Turin leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Izmir 63, Turin 68: Turin leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Izmir 55, Turin 58: Turin leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Izmir 66, Turin 58: Izmir leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Izmir 48, Turin 65: Turin leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Izmir 57, Turin 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 Turin.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Izmir
62match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Turin
61match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Turin in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
56 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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Where the figures come from

Turin has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre). Turin: 1991-2020 normals, Torino / Caselle (15.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureIzmirTurin
Official languageTurkishItalian
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation2 m239 m
Main airportAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsTurin Airport (TRN)14 km from centre65 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureIzmirTurin
City population4,493,242841,600
People per km²4,7606,474
Museums within 10 km2972
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.