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The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above
The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord

Photos: Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Marmaris or Oslo?

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

  • prices
  • beaches
  • day trips

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

Choose Oslo for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Oslo’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, Oslo 36: Marmaris leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Marmaris 40, Oslo 55: Oslo leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Marmaris 18, Oslo 66: Oslo leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Marmaris 60, Oslo 48: Marmaris leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marmaris 72, Oslo 82: Oslo leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Marmaris 65, Oslo 52: Marmaris leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Marmaris 62, Oslo 63: Oslo leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Marmaris 55, Oslo 85: Oslo leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Marmaris 38, Oslo 50: Oslo leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Marmaris 62, Oslo 14: Marmaris leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marmaris 12, Oslo 62: Oslo leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marmaris 50, Oslo 60: Oslo leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marmaris and Oslo.

Your match

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

Marmaris
51match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Oslo
Best match
56match

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
No recordsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Oslo in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
86 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
18 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). Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarmarisOslo
Official languageTurkishNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation7 m23 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarmarisOslo
City population97,818717,710
People per km²111-
Museums within 10 km160
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 monthsNone

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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.