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A paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz, Fethiye
FethiyeA paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz
A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane

Photos: Fethiye by rheins, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Fethiye or Gdansk?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Gdansk for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Gdansk’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, Gdansk 40: Fethiye leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Fethiye 45, Gdansk 50: Gdansk leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Fethiye 35, Gdansk 68: Gdansk leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Fethiye 42, Gdansk 52: Gdansk leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fethiye 84, Gdansk 58: Fethiye leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Fethiye 76, Gdansk 62: Fethiye leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Fethiye 60, Gdansk 62: Gdansk leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Fethiye 50, Gdansk 72: Gdansk leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Fethiye 38, Gdansk 42: Gdansk leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Fethiye 62, Gdansk 68: Gdansk leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fethiye 15, Gdansk 52: Gdansk leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fethiye 55, Gdansk 36: Fethiye leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fethiye and Gdansk.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Fethiye
54match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Gdansk
55match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights 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

Gdansk in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
85 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
17 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.

Gdansk 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.

Gdansk's sunshine is measured 55 km from the centre, at Elblag.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fethiye: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (30.8 km from centre). Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFethiyeGdansk
Official languageTurkishPolish
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m11 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)30 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureFethiyeGdansk
City population182,200487,834
People per km²-714
Museums within 10 km134
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 monthsNone

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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.