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The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above
Castel Sant'Elmo and the Certosa di San Martino, Naples
NaplesCastel Sant'Elmo and the Certosa di San Martino

Photos: Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Naples by pietro scerrato, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Marmaris or Naples?

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
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Naples for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Naples’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, Naples 50: Marmaris leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Marmaris 40, Naples 83: Naples leads by 43 points.
Culture & sights. Marmaris 18, Naples 87: Naples leads by 69 points.
Nightlife. Marmaris and Naples are level on 60.
Nature & outdoors. Marmaris 72, Naples 77: Naples leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Marmaris 65, Naples 96: Naples leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Marmaris 62, Naples 45: Marmaris leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Marmaris 55, Naples 54: Marmaris leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Marmaris 38, Naples 60: Naples leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Marmaris 62, Naples 63: Naples leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marmaris 12, Naples 66: Naples leads by 54 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marmaris 50, Naples 44: Marmaris leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marmaris and Naples.

Your match

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

Marmaris
51match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Naples
Best match
65match

Wins on culture and sights 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
No recordsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Naples in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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.

Naples 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.

Naples's sunshine is measured 28 km from the centre, at Grazzanise.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Marmaris: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (48.8 km from centre). Naples: 2005-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Napoli / Capodichino (4.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarmarisNaples
Official languageTurkishItalian
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m17 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsNaples International Airport (NAP)7 km from centre131 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarmarisNaples
City population97,818913,462
People per km²1117,676
Museums within 10 km165
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months5 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.