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The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above
The Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, Paris
ParisThe Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro

Photos: Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Paris by Efrem Efre, Pexels License.

Marmaris or Paris?

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
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Paris for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Paris’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, Paris 9: Marmaris leads by 71 points.
Food & drink. Marmaris 40, Paris 96: Paris leads by 56 points.
Culture & sights. Marmaris 18, Paris 97: Paris leads by 79 points.
Nightlife. Marmaris 60, Paris 80: Paris leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marmaris 72, Paris 52: Marmaris leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Marmaris 65, Paris 92: Paris leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Marmaris 62, Paris 79: Paris leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Marmaris 55, Paris 88: Paris leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Marmaris 38, Paris 98: Paris leads by 60 points.
Affordability. Marmaris 62, Paris 25: Marmaris leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marmaris 12, Paris 88: Paris leads by 76 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marmaris 50, Paris 40: Marmaris leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marmaris and Paris.

Your match

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

Marmaris
51match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Paris
Best match
70match

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
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Paris in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
No seasea
16 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). Paris: 1991-2020 normals, Paris-Montsouris (4.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarmarisParis
Official languageTurkishFrench
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m27 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsCharles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)22 km from centre277 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarmarisParis
City population97,8182,103,778
People per km²11119,960
Museums within 10 km1251
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14
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.