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The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above
The Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal, Venice
VeniceThe Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal

Photos: Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Venice by David Vives, Pexels License.

Marmaris or Venice?

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

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Venice for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Venice’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, Venice 56: Marmaris leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Marmaris 40, Venice 60: Venice leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Marmaris 18, Venice 94: Venice leads by 76 points.
Nightlife. Marmaris 60, Venice 27: Marmaris leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marmaris 72, Venice 45: Marmaris leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Marmaris 65, Venice 86: Venice leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Marmaris 62, Venice 45: Marmaris leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Marmaris 55, Venice 68: Venice leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Marmaris 38, Venice 57: Venice leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Marmaris 62, Venice 20: Marmaris leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marmaris 12, Venice 62: Venice leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marmaris 50, Venice 40: Marmaris leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marmaris and Venice.

Your match

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

Marmaris
51match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Venice
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

Venice in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
61 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.

Venice 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.

Venice's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Treviso / S. Angelo.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Marmaris: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (48.8 km from centre). Venice: 1991-2020 normals, Venezia / Tessera (6.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarmarisVenice
Official languageTurkishItalian
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m2 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsVenice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)7 km from centre103 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarmarisVenice
City population97,818250,369
People per km²111602
Museums within 10 km152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months4 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.