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A paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz, Fethiye
FethiyeA paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz
Senate Square and the statue of Alexander II, Helsinki
HelsinkiSenate Square and the statue of Alexander II

Photos: Fethiye by rheins, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Helsinki by Ximonic (Simo Räsänen), CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Fethiye or Helsinki?

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 Helsinki for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Helsinki’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, Helsinki 28: Fethiye leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Fethiye 45, Helsinki 52: Helsinki leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Fethiye 35, Helsinki 60: Helsinki leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Fethiye 42, Helsinki 50: Helsinki leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fethiye 84, Helsinki 58: Fethiye leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Fethiye 76, Helsinki 62: Fethiye leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Fethiye 60, Helsinki 76: Helsinki leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Fethiye 50, Helsinki 86: Helsinki leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Fethiye 38, Helsinki 62: Helsinki leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Fethiye 62, Helsinki 30: Fethiye leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fethiye 15, Helsinki 63: Helsinki leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fethiye 55, Helsinki 82: Helsinki leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fethiye and Helsinki.

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.

Helsinki
Best match
59match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around 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

Helsinki in July

22 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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. Fethiye: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (30.8 km from centre). Helsinki: 1991-2020 normals, Helsinki Kaisaniemi / Harju (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFethiyeHelsinki
Official languageTurkishFinnish, Swedish
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m17 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)30 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsHelsinki Vantaa Airport (HEL)16 km from centre136 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureFethiyeHelsinki
City population182,200694,392
People per km²-3,239
Museums within 10 km174
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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.