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The Massachusetts State House, Boston
BostonThe Massachusetts State House
A paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz, Fethiye
FethiyeA paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz

Photos: Boston by Ajay Suresh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Fethiye by rheins, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Boston 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 Boston for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose Fethiye for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • wellness

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. Boston 35, Fethiye 82: Fethiye leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Boston 64, Fethiye 45: Boston leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Boston 72, Fethiye 35: Boston leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Boston 47, Fethiye 42: Boston leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Boston 60, Fethiye 84: Fethiye leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Boston 72, Fethiye 76: Fethiye leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Boston 72, Fethiye 60: Boston leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Boston 70, Fethiye 50: Boston leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Boston 55, Fethiye 38: Boston leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Boston 18, Fethiye 62: Fethiye leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Boston 72, Fethiye 15: Boston leads by 57 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Boston 30, Fethiye 55: Fethiye leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Boston and Fethiye.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Boston
56match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

Fethiye
54match

Wins on beaches 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.

Boston in July

28 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
18 °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

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. Boston: 1991-2020 normals, Boston Logan International (3.5 km from centre). Fethiye: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (30.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBostonFethiye
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
Elevation43 m0 m
Main airportBoston Logan International Airport (BOS)4 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsDalaman International Airport (DLM)30 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBostonFethiye
City population675,647182,200
People per km²2,910-
Museums within 10 km511
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone6 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.