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The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Marmaris or Tallinn?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Tallinn for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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, Tallinn 28: Marmaris leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Marmaris 40, Tallinn 52: Tallinn leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Marmaris 18, Tallinn 68: Tallinn leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Marmaris 60, Tallinn 44: Marmaris leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marmaris 72, Tallinn 55: Marmaris leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Marmaris 65, Tallinn 58: Marmaris leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Marmaris 62, Tallinn 60: Marmaris leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Marmaris 55, Tallinn 72: Tallinn leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Marmaris 38, Tallinn 40: Tallinn leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Marmaris 62, Tallinn 47: Marmaris leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marmaris 12, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marmaris and Tallinn are level on 50.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marmaris and Tallinn.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Marmaris
51match

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

Tallinn
52match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarmarisTallinn
Official languageTurkishEstonian
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m28 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarmarisTallinn
City population97,818457,572
People per km²1112,871
Museums within 10 km116
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.