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The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above
São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral

Photos: Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Marmaris or Sao Paulo?

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
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Sao Paulo for

  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Sao Paulo’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, Sao Paulo 42: Marmaris leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Marmaris 40, Sao Paulo 84: Sao Paulo leads by 44 points.
Culture & sights. Marmaris 18, Sao Paulo 60: Sao Paulo leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Marmaris 60, Sao Paulo 86: Sao Paulo leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marmaris 72, Sao Paulo 48: Marmaris leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Marmaris 65, Sao Paulo 47: Marmaris leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Marmaris 62, Sao Paulo 52: Marmaris leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Marmaris 55, Sao Paulo 44: Marmaris leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Marmaris 38, Sao Paulo 70: Sao Paulo leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Marmaris and Sao Paulo are level on 62.
Live music & performing arts. Marmaris 12, Sao Paulo 76: Sao Paulo leads by 64 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marmaris 50, Sao Paulo 25: Marmaris leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marmaris and Sao Paulo.

Your match

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

Marmaris
51match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Sao Paulo
Best match
58match

Wins on live music and the arts 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
No recordsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Sao Paulo in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
53 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
11 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). Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarmarisSao Paulo
Official languageTurkishPortuguese
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-3
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation7 m760 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarmarisSao Paulo
City population97,81811,451,999
People per km²1117,519
Museums within 10 km190
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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.