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The pyramids of Giza, Cairo
CairoThe pyramids of Giza
A paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz, Fethiye
FethiyeA paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz

Photos: Cairo by Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Fethiye by rheins, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Cairo 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 Cairo for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • prices

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

Choose Fethiye for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Cairo 10, Fethiye 82: Fethiye leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Cairo 60, Fethiye 45: Cairo leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Cairo 96, Fethiye 35: Cairo leads by 61 points.
Nightlife. Cairo 48, Fethiye 42: Cairo leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cairo 30, Fethiye 84: Fethiye leads by 54 points.
Day trips. Cairo 66, Fethiye 76: Fethiye leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Cairo 32, Fethiye 60: Fethiye leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Cairo 35, Fethiye 50: Fethiye leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Cairo 58, Fethiye 38: Cairo leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Cairo 95, Fethiye 62: Cairo leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cairo 50, Fethiye 15: Cairo leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cairo 15, Fethiye 55: Fethiye leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cairo and Fethiye.

Your match

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

Cairo
50match

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

Fethiye
Best match
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.

Cairo in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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. Cairo: 1991-2020 normals, Helwan (21.9 km from centre). Fethiye: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (30.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCairoFethiye
Official languageArabicTurkish
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+3
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180112
Elevation23 m0 m
Main airportCairo International Airport (CAI)17 km from centre127 non-stop destinationsDalaman International Airport (DLM)30 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCairoFethiye
City population9,801,536182,200
People per km²18,564-
Museums within 10 km481
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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). 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. 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.