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Your rainbow panorama on top of ARoS, Aarhus
AarhusYour rainbow panorama on top of ARoS
A paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz, Fethiye
FethiyeA paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz

Photos: Aarhus by Mozzihh, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Fethiye by rheins, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Aarhus or Fethiye?

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 Aarhus for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose Fethiye for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Fethiye’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. Aarhus 34, Fethiye 82: Fethiye leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Aarhus 57, Fethiye 45: Aarhus leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Aarhus 61, Fethiye 35: Aarhus leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Aarhus 45, Fethiye 42: Aarhus leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aarhus 56, Fethiye 84: Fethiye leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Aarhus 63, Fethiye 76: Fethiye leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Aarhus 70, Fethiye 60: Aarhus leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Aarhus 75, Fethiye 50: Aarhus leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Aarhus 47, Fethiye 38: Aarhus leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Aarhus 22, Fethiye 62: Fethiye leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aarhus 55, Fethiye 15: Aarhus leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aarhus 44, Fethiye 55: Fethiye leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aarhus and Fethiye.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Aarhus
52match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

Fethiye
54match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Aarhus in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
66 mmrain in the month
17 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Fethiye in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
8 mmrain in the month
26 °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

Aarhus's temperatures are measured 30 km from the centre, at Tirstrup.

Aarhus 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.

Fethiye's temperatures are measured 31 km from the centre, at Dalaman.

Fethiye 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. Aarhus: 1991-2020 normals, Tirstrup (29.8 km from centre). Fethiye: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (30.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAarhusFethiye
Official languageDanishTurkish
CurrencyDanish Krone (DKK)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsCEFK230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112112
Elevation6 m0 m
Main airportAarhus Airport (AAR)30 km from centre15 non-stop destinationsDalaman International Airport (DLM)30 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAarhusFethiye
City population290,598182,200
People per km²3,193-
Museums within 10 km171
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone6 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.