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Main Street in winter with the mountains behind, Breckenridge
BreckenridgeMain Street in winter with the mountains behind
A paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz, Fethiye
FethiyeA paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz

Photos: Breckenridge by Jeff Gunn, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Fethiye by rheins, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Breckenridge 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 Breckenridge for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Fethiye for

  • beaches
  • 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. Breckenridge 4, Fethiye 82: Fethiye leads by 78 points.
Food & drink. Breckenridge 33, Fethiye 45: Fethiye leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Breckenridge 20, Fethiye 35: Fethiye leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Breckenridge 30, Fethiye 42: Fethiye leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Breckenridge 90, Fethiye 84: Breckenridge leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Breckenridge 44, Fethiye 76: Fethiye leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Breckenridge and Fethiye are level on 60.
Getting around. Breckenridge 62, Fethiye 50: Breckenridge leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Breckenridge 25, Fethiye 38: Fethiye leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Breckenridge 10, Fethiye 62: Fethiye leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Breckenridge 32, Fethiye 15: Breckenridge leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Breckenridge 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: Breckenridge and Fethiye.

Your match

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

Breckenridge
37match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around with your weighting.

Fethiye
Best match
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.

Breckenridge in July

21 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
41 mmrain in the month
No seasea
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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Where the figures come from

Breckenridge's temperatures are measured 38 km from the centre, at Leadville / Stringtown.

Breckenridge 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. Breckenridge: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (37.7 km from centre). Fethiye: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (30.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBreckenridgeFethiye
Official language-Turkish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number911112
Elevation2,926 m0 m
Main airportDenver International Airport (DEN)124 km from centre231 non-stop destinationsDalaman International Airport (DLM)30 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBreckenridgeFethiye
City population5,078182,200
People per km²332-
Museums within 10 km01
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.