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The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above
The Riverwalk and the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge, Wilmington
WilmingtonThe Riverwalk and the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge

Photos: Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Wilmington by Unexpected Snacks, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Marmaris or Wilmington?

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

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • day trips

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

Choose Wilmington for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Wilmington’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, Wilmington 73: Marmaris leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Marmaris 40, Wilmington 48: Wilmington leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Marmaris 18, Wilmington 40: Wilmington leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Marmaris 60, Wilmington 40: Marmaris leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marmaris 72, Wilmington 58: Marmaris leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Marmaris 65, Wilmington 45: Marmaris leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Marmaris and Wilmington are level on 62.
Getting around. Marmaris 55, Wilmington 28: Marmaris leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Marmaris 38, Wilmington 33: Marmaris leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Marmaris 62, Wilmington 42: Marmaris leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marmaris 12, Wilmington 40: Wilmington leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marmaris 50, Wilmington 33: Marmaris leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marmaris and Wilmington.

Your match

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

Marmaris
Best match
51match

Wins on getting around and nightlife with your weighting.

Wilmington
45match

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

Wilmington in July

32 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
174 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
27 °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). Wilmington: 1991-2020 normals, Wilmington / The Palms Mobile Home Park (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarmarisWilmington
Official languageTurkish-
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation7 m9 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsWilmington International Airport (ILM)5 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarmarisWilmington
City population97,818115,451
People per km²111839
Museums within 10 km12
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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.