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The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above
Botero sculptures on Plaza Botero, Medellin
MedellinBotero sculptures on Plaza Botero

Photos: Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Medellin by Steffen Schmitz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Marmaris or Medellin?

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 Marmaris for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • families

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

Choose Medellin for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Medellin’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. Marmaris 80, Medellin 5: Marmaris leads by 75 points.
Food & drink. Marmaris 40, Medellin 58: Medellin leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Marmaris 18, Medellin 42: Medellin leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Marmaris 60, Medellin 76: Medellin leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marmaris 72, Medellin 66: Marmaris leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Marmaris 65, Medellin 58: Marmaris leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Marmaris 62, Medellin 50: Marmaris leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Marmaris and Medellin are level on 55.
Shopping & style. Marmaris 38, Medellin 45: Medellin leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Marmaris 62, Medellin 80: Medellin leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marmaris 12, Medellin 42: Medellin leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marmaris 50, Medellin 30: Marmaris leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marmaris and Medellin.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Marmaris
51match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Medellin
51match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Marmaris in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
8 mmrain in the month
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Medellin in July

29 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
133 mmrain in the month
No seasea
12 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.

Medellin 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. Marmaris: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (48.8 km from centre). Medellin: 1958-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Medellin / Olaya Herrera (5.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarmarisMedellin
Official languageTurkishSpanish
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Colombian Peso (COP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-5
Emergency number112123
Elevation7 m1,405 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsJose Maria Córdova International Airport (MDE)19 km from centre35 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days19 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarmarisMedellin
City population97,8182,529,403
People per km²1116,644
Museums within 10 km114
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.