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The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above
Erasmus Bridge and the skyline, Rotterdam
RotterdamErasmus Bridge and the skyline

Photos: Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Rotterdam by Bas Geerlings, Pexels License.

Marmaris or Rotterdam?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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

Choose Rotterdam for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Rotterdam’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, Rotterdam 27: Marmaris leads by 53 points.
Food & drink. Marmaris 40, Rotterdam 52: Rotterdam leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Marmaris 18, Rotterdam 58: Rotterdam leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Marmaris 60, Rotterdam 52: Marmaris leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marmaris 72, Rotterdam 44: Marmaris leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Marmaris 65, Rotterdam 85: Rotterdam leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Marmaris 62, Rotterdam 66: Rotterdam leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Marmaris 55, Rotterdam 78: Rotterdam leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Marmaris 38, Rotterdam 55: Rotterdam leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Marmaris 62, Rotterdam 38: Marmaris leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marmaris 12, Rotterdam 58: Rotterdam leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marmaris 50, Rotterdam 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 Rotterdam.

Your match

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

Marmaris
51match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Rotterdam
Best match
55match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights 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

Rotterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
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.

Rotterdam 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.

Rotterdam's sunshine is measured 52 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Marmaris: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (48.8 km from centre). Rotterdam: 1993-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Rotterdam Airport Zestienhoven (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarmarisRotterdam
Official languageTurkishDutch
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m10 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)5 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarmarisRotterdam
City population97,818664,311
People per km²1112,080
Museums within 10 km140
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 monthsNone

Where else could you go?

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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.