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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
A paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz, Fethiye
FethiyeA paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Fethiye by rheins, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Amalfi 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 Amalfi for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

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

Choose Fethiye for

  • prices
  • families
  • nightlife

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. Amalfi 64, Fethiye 82: Fethiye leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Fethiye 45: Amalfi leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Fethiye 35: Amalfi leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Fethiye 42: Fethiye leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Fethiye 84: Fethiye leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Fethiye 76: Amalfi leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Fethiye 60: Fethiye leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Fethiye 50: Fethiye leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Fethiye 38: Fethiye leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Fethiye 62: Fethiye leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Fethiye 15: Amalfi leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Fethiye 55: Fethiye leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Fethiye.

Your match

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

Amalfi
43match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Fethiye
Best match
54match

Wins on prices and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Amalfi in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
28 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Fethiye in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
8 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
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

Amalfi's temperatures are measured 65 km from the centre, at Grazzanise.

Amalfi 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. Amalfi: 1991-2020 normals, Grazzanise (64.7 km from centre). Fethiye: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (30.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiFethiye
Official languageItalianTurkish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112112
Elevation6 m0 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsDalaman International Airport (DLM)30 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiFethiye
City population4,729182,200
People per km²830-
Museums within 10 km81
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km51
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.