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The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

Marmaris or Valencia?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • prices

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

Choose Valencia for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Valencia’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, Valencia 78: Marmaris leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Marmaris 40, Valencia 74: Valencia leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Marmaris 18, Valencia 68: Valencia leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Marmaris 60, Valencia 66: Valencia leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marmaris 72, Valencia 60: Marmaris leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Marmaris 65, Valencia 70: Valencia leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Marmaris 62, Valencia 75: Valencia leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Marmaris 55, Valencia 76: Valencia leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Marmaris 38, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Marmaris 62, Valencia 57: Marmaris leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marmaris 12, Valencia 55: Valencia leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marmaris 50, Valencia 42: Marmaris leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marmaris and Valencia.

Your match

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

Marmaris
51match

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

Valencia
Best match
65match

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

Valencia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °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). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarmarisValencia
Official languageTurkishSpanish
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m15 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarmarisValencia
City population97,818840,792
People per km²1116,242
Museums within 10 km145
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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.