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The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above
The Big Buddha on the hill above Phuket, Phuket
PhuketThe Big Buddha on the hill above Phuket

Photos: Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Phuket by Mussi Katz, CC0.

Marmaris or Phuket?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Phuket for

  • wellness
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Phuket’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, Phuket 90: Phuket leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Marmaris 40, Phuket 66: Phuket leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Marmaris 18, Phuket 35: Phuket leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Marmaris 60, Phuket 72: Phuket leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marmaris 72, Phuket 80: Phuket leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Marmaris 65, Phuket 45: Marmaris leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Marmaris 62, Phuket 65: Phuket leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Marmaris 55, Phuket 22: Marmaris leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Marmaris 38, Phuket 42: Phuket leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Marmaris 62, Phuket 68: Phuket leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marmaris 12, Phuket 20: Phuket leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marmaris 50, Phuket 82: Phuket leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marmaris and Phuket.

Your match

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

Marmaris
51match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Phuket
Best match
57match

Wins on wellness and food and drink 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

Phuket in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
287 mmrain in the month
30 °Csea
13 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.

Phuket's temperatures are measured 27 km from the centre, at Phuket Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Marmaris: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (48.8 km from centre). Phuket: 1991-2020 (rainfall 1961-1990) normals, Phuket Airport (26.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarmarisPhuket
Official languageTurkishThai
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Baht (THB)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzABCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+7
Emergency number112Police 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199
Elevation7 m19 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsPhuket International Airport (HKT)27 km from centre85 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureMarmarisPhuket
City population97,81877,610
People per km²1116,468
Museums within 10 km12
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.