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The island church from the lakeshore, Bled
BledThe island church from the lakeshore
A paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz, Fethiye
FethiyeA paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz

Photos: Bled by Philipp Schwarz, Pexels License; Fethiye by rheins, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Bled 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 Bled for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Fethiye for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • 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. Bled 50, Fethiye 82: Fethiye leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Bled 20, Fethiye 45: Fethiye leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Bled 22, Fethiye 35: Fethiye leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Bled 5, Fethiye 42: Fethiye leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bled 86, Fethiye 84: Bled leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Bled 70, Fethiye 76: Fethiye leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Bled and Fethiye are level on 60.
Getting around. Bled 58, Fethiye 50: Bled leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Bled 5, Fethiye 38: Fethiye leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Bled 45, Fethiye 62: Fethiye leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bled 5, Fethiye 15: Fethiye leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bled and Fethiye are level on 55.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bled and Fethiye.

Your match

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

Bled
40match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Fethiye
Best match
54match

Wins on nightlife and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bled in July

27 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
154 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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

Bled's temperatures are measured 36 km from the centre, at Klagenfurt.

Bled 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. Bled: 1991-2020 normals, Klagenfurt (35.5 km from centre). Fethiye: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (30.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBledFethiye
Official languageSloveneTurkish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112112
Elevation501 m0 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)31 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsDalaman International Airport (DLM)30 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBledFethiye
City population4,969182,200
People per km²26-
Museums within 10 km41
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.