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The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above
The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind

Photos: Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tirana by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Marmaris or Tirana?

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
  • families

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

Choose Tirana for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Tirana’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, Tirana 46: Marmaris leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Marmaris 40, Tirana 57: Tirana leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Marmaris 18, Tirana 42: Tirana leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Marmaris 60, Tirana 58: Marmaris leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marmaris 72, Tirana 62: Marmaris leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Marmaris 65, Tirana 64: Marmaris leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Marmaris 62, Tirana 40: Marmaris leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Marmaris 55, Tirana 54: Marmaris leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Marmaris 38, Tirana 32: Marmaris leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Marmaris 62, Tirana 76: Tirana leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marmaris 12, Tirana 32: Tirana leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marmaris 50, Tirana 27: Marmaris leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marmaris and Tirana.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Marmaris
51match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Tirana
49match

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

Tirana in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
43 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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). Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarmarisTirana
Official languageTurkishAlbanian
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Lek (ALL)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m110 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarmarisTirana
City population97,818389,323
People per km²1119,314
Museums within 10 km111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months5 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.