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A paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz, Fethiye
FethiyeA paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz
Florence and the Arno, Florence
FlorenceFlorence and the Arno

Photos: Fethiye by rheins, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Florence by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License.

Fethiye or Florence?

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 Fethiye for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Florence for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Florence’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. Fethiye 82, Florence 14: Fethiye leads by 68 points.
Food & drink. Fethiye 45, Florence 74: Florence leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Fethiye 35, Florence 94: Florence leads by 59 points.
Nightlife. Fethiye and Florence are level on 42.
Nature & outdoors. Fethiye 84, Florence 58: Fethiye leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Fethiye 76, Florence 98: Florence leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Fethiye 60, Florence 45: Fethiye leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Fethiye 50, Florence 78: Florence leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Fethiye 38, Florence 72: Florence leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Fethiye 62, Florence 35: Fethiye leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fethiye 15, Florence 58: Florence leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fethiye 55, Florence 42: Fethiye leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fethiye and Florence.

Your match

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

Fethiye
54match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Florence
Best match
59match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Florence in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
37 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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.

Florence 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.

Florence's sunshine is measured 71 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fethiye: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (30.8 km from centre). Florence: 1995-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Firenze / Peretola (5.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFethiyeFlorence
Official languageTurkishItalian
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m50 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)30 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)6 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFethiyeFlorence
City population182,200360,930
People per km²-3,528
Museums within 10 km1141
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 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). 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. 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.