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The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above
Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains

Photos: Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.

Marmaris or Ushuaia?

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
  • day trips
  • nightlife

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

Choose Ushuaia for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Ushuaia’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, Ushuaia 3: Marmaris leads by 77 points.
Food & drink. Marmaris and Ushuaia are level on 40.
Culture & sights. Marmaris 18, Ushuaia 22: Ushuaia leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Marmaris 60, Ushuaia 18: Marmaris leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marmaris 72, Ushuaia 88: Ushuaia leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Marmaris 65, Ushuaia 14: Marmaris leads by 51 points.
Good for families. Marmaris 62, Ushuaia 40: Marmaris leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Marmaris 55, Ushuaia 45: Marmaris leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Marmaris 38, Ushuaia 22: Marmaris leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Marmaris 62, Ushuaia 42: Marmaris leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marmaris 12, Ushuaia 10: Marmaris leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marmaris 50, Ushuaia 26: Marmaris leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marmaris and Ushuaia.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Ushuaia
31match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and culture and sights 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

Ushuaia in July

4 °Cdaytime high
0 °Cnight-time low
36 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
No seasea
8 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). Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarmarisUshuaia
Official languageTurkishSpanish
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-3
Emergency number112117 or 911
Elevation7 m23 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarmarisUshuaia
City population97,81882,615
People per km²1113,592
Museums within 10 km15
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.