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The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above
Portofino and its bay from the hillside, Portofino
PortofinoPortofino and its bay from the hillside

Photos: Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Portofino by Michal Osmenda, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Marmaris or Portofino?

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
  • families

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

Choose Portofino for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Portofino’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, Portofino 60: Marmaris leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Marmaris 40, Portofino 36: Marmaris leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Marmaris 18, Portofino 22: Portofino leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Marmaris 60, Portofino 14: Marmaris leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marmaris 72, Portofino 77: Portofino leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Marmaris 65, Portofino 76: Portofino leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Marmaris 62, Portofino 33: Marmaris leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Marmaris 55, Portofino 50: Marmaris leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Marmaris 38, Portofino 29: Marmaris leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Marmaris 62, Portofino 9: Marmaris leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marmaris 12, Portofino 7: Marmaris leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marmaris 50, Portofino 42: Marmaris leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marmaris and Portofino.

Your match

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

Marmaris
Best match
51match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Portofino
38match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors 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

Portofino in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
24 °Csea
15 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.

Portofino's temperatures are measured 31 km from the centre, at Genova / Sestri.

Portofino 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). Portofino: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (31 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarmarisPortofino
Official languageTurkishItalian
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m20 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)32 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarmarisPortofino
City population97,818355
People per km²111142
Museums within 10 km114
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months4 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.