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The Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta
AtlantaThe Georgia State Capitol
A paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz, Fethiye
FethiyeA paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz

Photos: Atlanta by DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Fethiye by rheins, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Atlanta 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 Atlanta for

  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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

Choose Fethiye for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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. Atlanta 10, Fethiye 82: Fethiye leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Atlanta 68, Fethiye 45: Atlanta leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Atlanta 55, Fethiye 35: Atlanta leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Atlanta 65, Fethiye 42: Atlanta leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Atlanta 60, Fethiye 84: Fethiye leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Atlanta 52, Fethiye 76: Fethiye leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Atlanta 70, Fethiye 60: Atlanta leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Atlanta 28, Fethiye 50: Fethiye leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Atlanta 50, Fethiye 38: Atlanta leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Atlanta 40, Fethiye 62: Fethiye leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Atlanta 62, Fethiye 15: Atlanta leads by 47 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Atlanta 33, Fethiye 55: Fethiye leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Atlanta and Fethiye.

Your match

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

Atlanta
49match

Wins on live music and the arts and food and drink with your weighting.

Fethiye
Best match
54match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Atlanta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
120 mmrain in the month
No seasea
14 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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AtlantaFethiye

Where the figures come from

Atlanta 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. Atlanta: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Atlanta / Carroll Heights (12.5 km from centre). Fethiye: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (30.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAtlantaFethiye
Official language-Turkish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number911112
Elevation225 m0 m
Main airportHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)14 km from centre238 non-stop destinationsDalaman International Airport (DLM)30 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAtlantaFethiye
City population498,715182,200
People per km²1,433-
Museums within 10 km271
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.