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Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade
Gastown, Vancouver
VancouverGastown

Photos: Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License; Vancouver by Xicotencatl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Izmir or Vancouver?

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 Vancouver for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Vancouver’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, Vancouver 42: Izmir leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Izmir and Vancouver are level on 72.
Culture & sights. Izmir 55, Vancouver 42: Izmir leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Izmir 60, Vancouver 42: Izmir leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Izmir 66, Vancouver 97: Vancouver leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Izmir 86, Vancouver 45: Izmir leads by 41 points.
Good for families. Izmir 55, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Izmir 63, Vancouver 73: Vancouver leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Izmir and Vancouver are level on 55.
Affordability. Izmir 66, Vancouver 27: Izmir leads by 39 points.
Live music & performing arts. Izmir 48, Vancouver 52: Vancouver leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Izmir 57, Vancouver 50: Izmir leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Izmir and Vancouver.

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.

Vancouver
56match

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

Vancouver in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre). Vancouver: 1991-2020 normals, Vancouver Harbour CS (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureIzmirVancouver
Official languageTurkishFrench, English
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation2 m2 m
Main airportAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureIzmirVancouver
City population4,493,242662,248
People per km²4,7605,759
Museums within 10 km2926
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.