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Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Izmir or Wellington?

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 Wellington for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Izmir leads by 29 points.
Food & drink. Izmir 72, Wellington 62: Izmir leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Izmir 55, Wellington 44: Izmir leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Izmir 60, Wellington 45: Izmir leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Izmir 66, Wellington 78: Wellington leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Izmir 86, Wellington 40: Izmir leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Izmir 55, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Izmir 63, Wellington 68: Wellington leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Izmir 55, Wellington 42: Izmir leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Izmir 66, Wellington 33: Izmir leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Izmir 48, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Izmir 57, Wellington 30: Izmir leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Izmir and Wellington.

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.

Wellington
49match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureIzmirWellington
Official languageTurkishEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number112111
Elevation2 m0 m
Main airportAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureIzmirWellington
City population4,493,242216,200
People per km²4,760487
Museums within 10 km2912
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.