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The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above
The SkyWheel by the beach, Myrtle Beach
Myrtle BeachThe SkyWheel by the beach

Photos: Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Myrtle Beach by The ed17, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Marmaris or Myrtle Beach?

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

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Myrtle Beach for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Myrtle Beach’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, Myrtle Beach 84: Myrtle Beach leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Marmaris 40, Myrtle Beach 38: Marmaris leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Marmaris 18, Myrtle Beach 20: Myrtle Beach leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Marmaris 60, Myrtle Beach 42: Marmaris leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marmaris 72, Myrtle Beach 46: Marmaris leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Marmaris 65, Myrtle Beach 50: Marmaris leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Marmaris 62, Myrtle Beach 80: Myrtle Beach leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Marmaris 55, Myrtle Beach 18: Marmaris leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Marmaris and Myrtle Beach are level on 38.
Affordability. Marmaris 62, Myrtle Beach 52: Marmaris leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marmaris 12, Myrtle Beach 30: Myrtle Beach leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marmaris 50, Myrtle Beach 28: Marmaris leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marmaris and Myrtle Beach.

Your match

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

Marmaris
Best match
51match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Myrtle Beach
44match

Wins on families 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.

Marmaris in July

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

Myrtle Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
172 mmrain in the month
28 °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.

Myrtle Beach 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). Myrtle Beach: 1971-2000 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Myrtle Beach Air Force Base (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarmarisMyrtle Beach
Official languageTurkish-
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation7 m8 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsMyrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)5 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarmarisMyrtle Beach
City population97,81835,682
People per km²111591
Museums within 10 km12
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months6 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.