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The Atomium, Brussels
BrusselsThe Atomium
A paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz, Fethiye
FethiyeA paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz

Photos: Brussels by Ettanghe, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Fethiye by rheins, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Brussels 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 Brussels for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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

Choose Fethiye for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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. Brussels 18, Fethiye 82: Fethiye leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Brussels 72, Fethiye 45: Brussels leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Brussels 74, Fethiye 35: Brussels leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. Brussels 60, Fethiye 42: Brussels leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brussels 45, Fethiye 84: Fethiye leads by 39 points.
Day trips. Brussels 89, Fethiye 76: Brussels leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Brussels and Fethiye are level on 60.
Getting around. Brussels 72, Fethiye 50: Brussels leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Brussels 62, Fethiye 38: Brussels leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Brussels 40, Fethiye 62: Fethiye leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brussels 68, Fethiye 15: Brussels leads by 53 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brussels 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: Brussels and Fethiye.

Your match

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

Brussels
Best match
58match

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

Fethiye
54match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Brussels in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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. Brussels: 1991-2020 normals, Uccle (5.2 km from centre). Fethiye: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (30.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrusselsFethiye
Official languageFrench, German, DutchTurkish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112112
Elevation70 m0 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)11 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsDalaman International Airport (DLM)30 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrusselsFethiye
City population195,546182,200
People per km²5,908-
Museums within 10 km1061
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km101
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.