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The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above
Palm Canyon Drive, lined with tall palms, Palm Springs
Palm SpringsPalm Canyon Drive, lined with tall palms

Photos: Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Palm Springs by Domenico Convertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Marmaris or Palm Springs?

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
  • getting around
  • prices

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

Choose Palm Springs for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Palm Springs’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 Springs 7: Marmaris leads by 73 points.
Food & drink. Marmaris and Palm Springs are level on 40.
Culture & sights. Marmaris 18, Palm Springs 42: Palm Springs leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Marmaris 60, Palm Springs 36: Marmaris leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marmaris 72, Palm Springs 78: Palm Springs leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Marmaris 65, Palm Springs 38: Marmaris leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Marmaris 62, Palm Springs 40: Marmaris leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Marmaris 55, Palm Springs 22: Marmaris leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Marmaris 38, Palm Springs 44: Palm Springs leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Marmaris 62, Palm Springs 32: Marmaris leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marmaris 12, Palm Springs 40: Palm Springs leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marmaris 50, Palm Springs 80: Palm Springs leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marmaris and Palm Springs.

Your match

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

Marmaris
Best match
51match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

Palm Springs
42match

Wins on wellness 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

Palm Springs in July

42 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
No seasea
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.

Palm Springs 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 Springs: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Palm Springs (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarmarisPalm Springs
Official languageTurkish-
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation7 m146 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsPalm Springs International Airport (PSP)2 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarmarisPalm Springs
City population97,81844,575
People per km²111181
Museums within 10 km13
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 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.