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The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves
A paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz, Fethiye
FethiyeA paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz

Photos: Brisbane by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Fethiye by rheins, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Brisbane 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 Brisbane for

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

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

Choose Fethiye for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • 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. Brisbane 55, Fethiye 82: Fethiye leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Brisbane 60, Fethiye 45: Brisbane leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Brisbane 42, Fethiye 35: Brisbane leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Brisbane 55, Fethiye 42: Brisbane leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brisbane 74, Fethiye 84: Fethiye leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Brisbane 50, Fethiye 76: Fethiye leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Brisbane 78, Fethiye 60: Brisbane leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Brisbane 62, Fethiye 50: Brisbane leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Brisbane 45, Fethiye 38: Brisbane leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Brisbane 33, Fethiye 62: Fethiye leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brisbane 55, Fethiye 15: Brisbane leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brisbane 40, Fethiye 55: Fethiye leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brisbane and Fethiye.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Brisbane
54match

Wins on live music and the arts and families with your weighting.

Fethiye
54match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Brisbane in July

22 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
11 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. Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre). Fethiye: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (30.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrisbaneFethiye
Official languageEnglishTurkish
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10UTC+3
Emergency number000112
Elevation0 m0 m
Main airportBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsDalaman International Airport (DLM)30 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrisbaneFethiye
City population2,706,966182,200
People per km²171-
Museums within 10 km161
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 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.