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The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above
The white beach below the high-rise hotels, Orange Beach
Orange BeachThe white beach below the high-rise hotels

Photos: Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Orange Beach by WeaponizingArchitecture, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Marmaris or Orange 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
  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose Orange Beach for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Orange 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, Orange Beach 86: Orange Beach leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Marmaris and Orange Beach are level on 40.
Culture & sights. Marmaris 18, Orange Beach 7: Marmaris leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Marmaris 60, Orange Beach 30: Marmaris leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marmaris 72, Orange Beach 60: Marmaris leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Marmaris 65, Orange Beach 50: Marmaris leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Marmaris 62, Orange Beach 75: Orange Beach leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Marmaris 55, Orange Beach 15: Marmaris leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Marmaris 38, Orange Beach 25: Marmaris leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Marmaris 62, Orange Beach 38: Marmaris leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marmaris 12, Orange Beach 32: Orange Beach leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marmaris 50, Orange Beach 32: Marmaris leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marmaris and Orange 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 nightlife with your weighting.

Orange Beach
41match

Wins on live music and the arts and families 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

Orange Beach in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
200 mmrain in the month
29 °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. Marmaris: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (48.8 km from centre). Orange Beach: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Gulf Shores / Bay Village Mobile Home Park (10.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarmarisOrange Beach
Official languageTurkish-
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation7 m4 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsPensacola International Airport (PNS)41 km from centre27 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarmarisOrange Beach
City population97,8188,095
People per km²111196
Museums within 10 km10
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months8 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.