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The beach with its parasols and the boardwalk, Bethany Beach
Bethany BeachThe beach with its parasols and the boardwalk
A paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz, Fethiye
FethiyeA paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz

Photos: Bethany Beach by Doug Olson, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Fethiye by rheins, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Bethany Beach 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 Bethany Beach for

  • families

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

Choose Fethiye for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • 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. Bethany Beach 72, Fethiye 82: Fethiye leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Bethany Beach 35, Fethiye 45: Fethiye leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Bethany Beach 10, Fethiye 35: Fethiye leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Bethany Beach 12, Fethiye 42: Fethiye leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bethany Beach 48, Fethiye 84: Fethiye leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Bethany Beach 45, Fethiye 76: Fethiye leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Bethany Beach 66, Fethiye 60: Bethany Beach leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Bethany Beach 33, Fethiye 50: Fethiye leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Bethany Beach 28, Fethiye 38: Fethiye leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Bethany Beach 30, Fethiye 62: Fethiye leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bethany Beach 14, Fethiye 15: Fethiye leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bethany Beach 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: Bethany Beach and Fethiye.

Your match

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

Bethany Beach
36match

Wins on families with your weighting.

Fethiye
Best match
54match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Bethany Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
95 mmrain in the month
23 °Csea
15 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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Bethany BeachFethiye

Where the figures come from

Bethany Beach's temperatures are measured 45 km from the centre, at Salisbury / Quail Ridge.

Bethany Beach 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. Bethany Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Salisbury / Quail Ridge (44.9 km from centre). Fethiye: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (30.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBethany BeachFethiye
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
Elevation3 m0 m
Main airportSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY)45 km from centre4 non-stop destinationsDalaman International Airport (DLM)30 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBethany BeachFethiye
City population954182,200
People per km²318-
Museums within 10 km01
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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). 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.