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Haedong Yonggungsa temple on the rocks by the sea, Busan
BusanHaedong Yonggungsa temple on the rocks by the sea
A paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz, Fethiye
FethiyeA paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz

Photos: Busan by Andrea De Santis, Pexels License; Fethiye by rheins, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Busan 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 Busan for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Busan’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. Busan 68, Fethiye 82: Fethiye leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Busan 72, Fethiye 45: Busan leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Busan 52, Fethiye 35: Busan leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Busan 60, Fethiye 42: Busan leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Busan 74, Fethiye 84: Fethiye leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Busan 74, Fethiye 76: Fethiye leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Busan 70, Fethiye 60: Busan leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Busan 68, Fethiye 50: Busan leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Busan 60, Fethiye 38: Busan leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Busan 56, Fethiye 62: Fethiye leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Busan 42, Fethiye 15: Busan leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Busan 78, Fethiye 55: Busan leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Busan and Fethiye.

Your match

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

Busan
Best match
65match

Wins on food and drink and live music and the arts 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.

Busan in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
352 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 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. Busan: 1991-2020 normals, Pusan (9.7 km from centre). Fethiye: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (30.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBusanFethiye
Official languageKorean, Korean Sign LanguageTurkish
CurrencyWon (KRW)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsCF220 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+3
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 119, fire 119112
Elevation30 m0 m
Main airportGimhae International Airport (PUS)12 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsDalaman International Airport (DLM)30 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBusanFethiye
City population3,453,198182,200
People per km²4,486-
Museums within 10 km71
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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.