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The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above
Taipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain, Taipei
TaipeiTaipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain

Photos: Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Taipei by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Marmaris or Taipei?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Taipei for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Taipei’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, Taipei 40: Marmaris leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Marmaris 40, Taipei 88: Taipei leads by 48 points.
Culture & sights. Marmaris 18, Taipei 68: Taipei leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Marmaris 60, Taipei 58: Marmaris leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marmaris 72, Taipei 78: Taipei leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Marmaris 65, Taipei 76: Taipei leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Marmaris 62, Taipei 72: Taipei leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Marmaris 55, Taipei 86: Taipei leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Marmaris 38, Taipei 70: Taipei leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Marmaris 62, Taipei 66: Taipei leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marmaris 12, Taipei 55: Taipei leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marmaris 50, Taipei 80: Taipei leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marmaris and Taipei.

Your match

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

Marmaris
51match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Taipei
Best match
70match

Wins on culture and sights 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
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Taipei in July

35 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
288 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
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.

Taipei 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). Taipei: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sungshan / Taipei (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarmarisTaipei
Official languageTurkishTaiwanese Sign Language, Amis, Taiwanese Hokkien, Rukai, Bunun, Kanakanavu, Standard Taiwanese Mandarin, Paiwan, Yami, Atayal, Saaroa, Kavalan, Tsou, Seediq, Puyuma, Saisiyat, Sakizaya, Taiwanese Hakka, Truku, Matsu dialect, Kinmen dialect, Wuqiu dialect
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)New Taiwan Dollar (TWD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+8
Emergency number112110 or 112 or 119
Elevation7 m10 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centre
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureMarmarisTaipei
City population97,8182,429,429
People per km²1118,938
Museums within 10 km169
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months8 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.