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Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas
The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above

Photos: Maastricht by Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Maastricht or Marmaris?

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 Maastricht for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

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

Choose Marmaris for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Marmaris’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. Maastricht 8, Marmaris 80: Marmaris leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Maastricht 58, Marmaris 40: Maastricht leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Maastricht 60, Marmaris 18: Maastricht leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Maastricht 42, Marmaris 60: Marmaris leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Maastricht 58, Marmaris 72: Marmaris leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Maastricht 77, Marmaris 65: Maastricht leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Maastricht 55, Marmaris 62: Marmaris leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Maastricht 74, Marmaris 55: Maastricht leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Maastricht 60, Marmaris 38: Maastricht leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Maastricht 38, Marmaris 62: Marmaris leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Maastricht 40, Marmaris 12: Maastricht leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Maastricht 52, Marmaris 50: Maastricht leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Maastricht and Marmaris.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Maastricht
52match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Marmaris
51match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Marmaris in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
8 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Marmaris's temperatures are measured 49 km from the centre, at Dalaman.

Marmaris 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. Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 km from centre). Marmaris: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (48.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMaastrichtMarmaris
Official languageDutchTurkish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112112
Elevation49 m7 m
Main airportMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMaastrichtMarmaris
City population120,22797,818
People per km²2,000111
Museums within 10 km211
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km51
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.