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Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade
The British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria
VictoriaThe British Columbia Parliament Buildings

Photos: Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License; Victoria by Guilice, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Izmir or Victoria?

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
  • day trips
  • prices

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

Choose Victoria for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria’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, Victoria 28: Izmir leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Izmir 72, Victoria 50: Izmir leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Izmir 55, Victoria 42: Izmir leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Izmir 60, Victoria 30: Izmir leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Izmir 66, Victoria 77: Victoria leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Izmir 86, Victoria 54: Izmir leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Izmir 55, Victoria 62: Victoria leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Izmir 63, Victoria 60: Izmir leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Izmir 55, Victoria 40: Izmir leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Izmir 66, Victoria 34: Izmir leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Izmir 48, Victoria 40: Izmir leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Izmir 57, Victoria 48: Izmir leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Izmir and Victoria.

Your match

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

Izmir
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Victoria
47match

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

Victoria in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Victoria's sunshine is measured 87 km from the centre, at Vancouver International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre). Victoria: 1991-2020 normals, Victoria Gonzales CS (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureIzmirVictoria
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 m23 m
Main airportAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsVictoria International Airport (YYJ)25 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureIzmirVictoria
City population4,493,24291,867
People per km²4,7604,711
Museums within 10 km296
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.