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The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above
Camelback Mountain above the city, Scottsdale
ScottsdaleCamelback Mountain above the city

Photos: Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Scottsdale by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Marmaris or Scottsdale?

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
  • getting around
  • prices

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

Choose Scottsdale for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Scottsdale’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, Scottsdale 8: Marmaris leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Marmaris 40, Scottsdale 46: Scottsdale leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Marmaris 18, Scottsdale 38: Scottsdale leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Marmaris 60, Scottsdale 52: Marmaris leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marmaris 72, Scottsdale 68: Marmaris leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Marmaris 65, Scottsdale 50: Marmaris leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Marmaris 62, Scottsdale 60: Marmaris leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Marmaris 55, Scottsdale 20: Marmaris leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Marmaris 38, Scottsdale 60: Scottsdale leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Marmaris 62, Scottsdale 32: Marmaris leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marmaris 12, Scottsdale 40: Scottsdale leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marmaris 50, Scottsdale 72: Scottsdale leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marmaris and Scottsdale.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Scottsdale
46match

Wins on live music and the arts and shopping 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

Scottsdale in July

41 °Cdaytime high
29 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
No seasea
14 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). Scottsdale: 1991-2020 normals, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarmarisScottsdale
Official languageTurkish-
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-7
Emergency number112911
Elevation7 m380 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)10 km from centre149 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarmarisScottsdale
City population97,818241,361
People per km²111-
Museums within 10 km110
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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.