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The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above
Whitehall, Henry Flagler's mansion, now the Flagler Museum, Palm Beach
Palm BeachWhitehall, Henry Flagler's mansion, now the Flagler Museum

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

Marmaris or Palm 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

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • getting around

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

Choose Palm Beach for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Palm 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, Palm Beach 82: Palm Beach leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Marmaris 40, Palm Beach 47: Palm Beach leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Marmaris 18, Palm Beach 45: Palm Beach leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Marmaris 60, Palm Beach 32: Marmaris leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marmaris 72, Palm Beach 58: Marmaris leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Marmaris 65, Palm Beach 55: Marmaris leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Marmaris and Palm Beach are level on 62.
Getting around. Marmaris 55, Palm Beach 32: Marmaris leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Marmaris 38, Palm Beach 66: Palm Beach leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Marmaris 62, Palm Beach 12: Marmaris leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marmaris 12, Palm Beach 45: Palm Beach leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marmaris 50, Palm Beach 55: Palm Beach leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marmaris and Palm Beach.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Marmaris
51match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Palm Beach
49match

Wins on live music and the arts and shopping 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

Palm Beach in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
145 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). Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (6.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarmarisPalm 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 m2 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarmarisPalm Beach
City population97,8189,245
People per km²111322
Museums within 10 km14
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months12 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.