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A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon
A paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz, Fethiye
FethiyeA paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz

Photos: Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Fethiye by rheins, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Faro 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 Faro for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • food and drink

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

Choose Fethiye for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Faro 74, Fethiye 82: Fethiye leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Faro 48, Fethiye 45: Faro leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Faro and Fethiye are level on 35.
Nightlife. Faro 32, Fethiye 42: Fethiye leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Faro 62, Fethiye 84: Fethiye leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Faro 64, Fethiye 76: Fethiye leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Faro and Fethiye are level on 60.
Getting around. Faro 60, Fethiye 50: Faro leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Faro 35, Fethiye 38: Fethiye leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Faro 60, Fethiye 62: Fethiye leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Faro 30, Fethiye 15: Faro leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Faro 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: Faro and Fethiye.

Your match

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

Faro
49match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around with your weighting.

Fethiye
Best match
54match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Faro in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °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. Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre). Fethiye: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (30.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFaroFethiye
Official languagePortugueseTurkish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m0 m
Main airportFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsDalaman International Airport (DLM)30 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureFaroFethiye
City population64,560182,200
People per km²319-
Museums within 10 km21
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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.