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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
A paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz, Fethiye
FethiyeA paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Fethiye by rheins, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Dubrovnik 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 Dubrovnik for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Fethiye for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Dubrovnik 74, Fethiye 82: Fethiye leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Fethiye 45: Dubrovnik leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Fethiye 35: Dubrovnik leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Fethiye 42: Fethiye leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Fethiye 84: Fethiye leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Fethiye 76: Fethiye leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Fethiye 60: Fethiye leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Fethiye 50: Dubrovnik leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Fethiye 38: Fethiye leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Fethiye 62: Fethiye leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Fethiye 15: Dubrovnik leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Fethiye 55: Fethiye leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Fethiye.

Your match

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

Dubrovnik
49match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

Fethiye
Best match
54match

Wins on prices 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.

Dubrovnik in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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

Dubrovnik 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.

Dubrovnik's sunshine is measured 83 km from the centre, at Mostar.

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. Dubrovnik: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dubrovnik / Cilipi (15.3 km from centre). Fethiye: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (30.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikFethiye
Official languageCroatianTurkish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m0 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsDalaman International Airport (DLM)30 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikFethiye
City population41,562182,200
Museums within 10 km71
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). 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. 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.