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The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Marmaris or Wellington?

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
  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose Wellington for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Marmaris leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Marmaris 40, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Marmaris 18, Wellington 44: Wellington leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Marmaris 60, Wellington 45: Marmaris leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marmaris 72, Wellington 78: Wellington leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Marmaris 65, Wellington 40: Marmaris leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Marmaris and Wellington are level on 62.
Getting around. Marmaris 55, Wellington 68: Wellington leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Marmaris 38, Wellington 42: Wellington leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Marmaris 62, Wellington 33: Marmaris leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marmaris 12, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marmaris 50, Wellington 30: Marmaris leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marmaris and Wellington.

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 prices with your weighting.

Wellington
49match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 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.

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Marmaris: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (48.8 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarmarisWellington
Official languageTurkishEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number112111
Elevation7 m0 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarmarisWellington
City population97,818216,200
People per km²111487
Museums within 10 km112
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 monthsNone

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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.