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The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above
The Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb
ZagrebThe Croatian National Theatre

Photos: Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Zagreb by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Marmaris or Zagreb?

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
  • wellness
  • nightlife

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

Choose Zagreb for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Zagreb’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, Zagreb 10: Marmaris leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Marmaris 40, Zagreb 55: Zagreb leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Marmaris 18, Zagreb 56: Zagreb leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Marmaris 60, Zagreb 47: Marmaris leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marmaris 72, Zagreb 62: Marmaris leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Marmaris 65, Zagreb 60: Marmaris leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Marmaris 62, Zagreb 52: Marmaris leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Marmaris 55, Zagreb 70: Zagreb leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Marmaris 38, Zagreb 40: Zagreb leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Marmaris 62, Zagreb 60: Marmaris leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marmaris 12, Zagreb 52: Zagreb leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marmaris 50, Zagreb 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 Zagreb.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Marmaris
51match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Zagreb
50match

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

Zagreb in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Zagreb: 1991-2020 normals, Zagreb / Gric (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarmarisZagreb
Official languageTurkishCroatian
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 m127 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsZagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport (ZAG)11 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarmarisZagreb
City population97,818767,131
People per km²111-
Museums within 10 km127
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 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.