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The Auckland skyline and Sky Tower from the Waitematā Harbour, Auckland
AucklandThe Auckland skyline and Sky Tower from the Waitematā Harbour
A paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz, Fethiye
FethiyeA paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz

Photos: Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain; Fethiye by rheins, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Auckland 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 Auckland for

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

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

Choose Fethiye for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • beaches

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. Auckland 68, Fethiye 82: Fethiye leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Auckland 62, Fethiye 45: Auckland leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Auckland 44, Fethiye 35: Auckland leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Auckland and Fethiye are level on 42.
Nature & outdoors. Auckland 83, Fethiye 84: Fethiye leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Auckland 55, Fethiye 76: Fethiye leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Auckland 70, Fethiye 60: Auckland leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Auckland 42, Fethiye 50: Fethiye leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Auckland 45, Fethiye 38: Auckland leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Auckland 32, Fethiye 62: Fethiye leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Auckland 45, Fethiye 15: Auckland leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Auckland 45, Fethiye 55: Fethiye leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Auckland and Fethiye.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Auckland
53match

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

Fethiye
54match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Auckland in July

14 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
135 mmrain in the month
14 °Csea
10 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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AucklandFethiye

Where the figures come from

Auckland's station stands 189 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

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. Auckland: 1961-1990 normals, Auckland Aerodrome Aws (17 km from centre). Fethiye: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (30.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAucklandFethiye
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriTurkish
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number111112
Elevation196 m0 m
Main airportAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinationsDalaman International Airport (DLM)30 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAucklandFethiye
City population1,470,100182,200
People per km²2,630-
Museums within 10 km151
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month6 months

Where else could you go?

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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). 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. 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.