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The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Marmaris or Valletta?

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

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

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

Choose Valletta for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Valletta’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, Valletta 68: Marmaris leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Marmaris 40, Valletta 55: Valletta leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Marmaris 18, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 58 points.
Nightlife. Marmaris 60, Valletta 46: Marmaris leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marmaris 72, Valletta 56: Marmaris leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Marmaris 65, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Marmaris 62, Valletta 58: Marmaris leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Marmaris 55, Valletta 62: Valletta leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Marmaris and Valletta are level on 38.
Affordability. Marmaris 62, Valletta 50: Marmaris leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marmaris 12, Valletta 44: Valletta leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marmaris 50, Valletta 32: Marmaris leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marmaris and Valletta.

Your match

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

Marmaris
51match

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

Valletta
Best match
55match

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

Valletta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Marmaris: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (48.8 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarmarisValletta
Official languageTurkishEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m56 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarmarisValletta
City population97,8185,197
People per km²1116,496
Museums within 10 km116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months6 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.