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The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above
The city from Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavik
ReykjavikThe city from Hallgrímskirkja

Photos: Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Reykjavik by Atlantic Ambience, Pexels License.

Marmaris or Reykjavik?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Reykjavik for

  • wellness
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Reykjavik’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, Reykjavik 12: Marmaris leads by 68 points.
Food & drink. Marmaris 40, Reykjavik 42: Reykjavik leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Marmaris 18, Reykjavik 25: Reykjavik leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Marmaris 60, Reykjavik 45: Marmaris leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marmaris 72, Reykjavik 92: Reykjavik leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Marmaris 65, Reykjavik 35: Marmaris leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Marmaris 62, Reykjavik 55: Marmaris leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Marmaris and Reykjavik are level on 55.
Shopping & style. Marmaris 38, Reykjavik 25: Marmaris leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Marmaris 62, Reykjavik 6: Marmaris leads by 56 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marmaris 12, Reykjavik 45: Reykjavik leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marmaris 50, Reykjavik 88: Reykjavik leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marmaris and Reykjavik.

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 prices with your weighting.

Reykjavik
44match

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
No recordsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Reykjavik in July

15 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
20 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). Reykjavik: 1991-2020 normals, Reykjavik (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarmarisReykjavik
Official languageTurkishIcelandic
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Iceland Krona (ISK)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m8 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsKeflavik International Airport (KEF)37 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarmarisReykjavik
City population97,818138,772
People per km²111569
Museums within 10 km123
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 monthsNone

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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.