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Cocoa Beach Pier behind yellow parasols, Cocoa Beach
Cocoa BeachCocoa Beach Pier behind yellow parasols
A paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz, Fethiye
FethiyeA paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz

Photos: Cocoa Beach by Benoît Prieur, CC0; Fethiye by rheins, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Cocoa Beach 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 Cocoa Beach for

  • families

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

Choose Fethiye for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • 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. Cocoa Beach 80, Fethiye 82: Fethiye leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Cocoa Beach 32, Fethiye 45: Fethiye leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Cocoa Beach 12, Fethiye 35: Fethiye leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Cocoa Beach 27, Fethiye 42: Fethiye leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cocoa Beach 62, Fethiye 84: Fethiye leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Cocoa Beach 52, Fethiye 76: Fethiye leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Cocoa Beach 72, Fethiye 60: Cocoa Beach leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Cocoa Beach 22, Fethiye 50: Fethiye leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Cocoa Beach 20, Fethiye 38: Fethiye leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Cocoa Beach 40, Fethiye 62: Fethiye leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cocoa Beach 14, Fethiye 15: Fethiye leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cocoa Beach 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: Cocoa Beach and Fethiye.

Your match

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

Cocoa Beach
39match

Wins on families with your weighting.

Fethiye
Best match
54match

Wins on getting around and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cocoa Beach in July

30 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
147 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
14 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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Cocoa BeachFethiye

Where the figures come from

Cocoa Beach 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. Cocoa Beach: 1961-1990 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Cocoa / Patrick Air Force Base (11.2 km from centre). Fethiye: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (30.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCocoa BeachFethiye
Official language-Turkish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number911112
Elevation0 m0 m
Main airportOrlando International Airport (MCO)68 km from centre170 non-stop destinationsDalaman International Airport (DLM)30 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCocoa BeachFethiye
City population11,354182,200
People per km²290-
Museums within 10 km31
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C11 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.