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A paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz, Fethiye
FethiyeA paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz
Korenlei reflected in the Leie, Ghent
GhentKorenlei reflected in the Leie

Photos: Fethiye by rheins, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Ghent by ykeiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Fethiye or Ghent?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Ghent for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Ghent’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, Ghent 25: Fethiye leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Fethiye 45, Ghent 62: Ghent leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Fethiye 35, Ghent 72: Ghent leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Fethiye 42, Ghent 55: Ghent leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fethiye 84, Ghent 35: Fethiye leads by 49 points.
Day trips. Fethiye 76, Ghent 88: Ghent leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Fethiye 60, Ghent 50: Fethiye leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Fethiye 50, Ghent 78: Ghent leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Fethiye 38, Ghent 50: Ghent leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Fethiye 62, Ghent 38: Fethiye leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fethiye 15, Ghent 60: Ghent leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fethiye 55, Ghent 33: Fethiye leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fethiye and Ghent.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

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

Ghent
54match

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

Ghent in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 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.

Ghent 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.

Ghent's sunshine is measured 45 km from the centre, at Vlissingen.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fethiye: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (30.8 km from centre). Ghent: 2009-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Melle / Kalverhaag (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFethiyeGhent
Official languageTurkishFrench, German, Dutch
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m12 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)30 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsBrussels Airport (BRU)56 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureFethiyeGhent
City population182,200272,657
People per km²-1,728
Museums within 10 km130
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.