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A paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz, Fethiye
FethiyeA paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz
Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island

Photos: Fethiye by rheins, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Fethiye or Hurghada?

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

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Hurghada for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Hurghada’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, Hurghada 84: Hurghada leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Fethiye 45, Hurghada 34: Fethiye leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Fethiye 35, Hurghada 14: Fethiye leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Fethiye 42, Hurghada 40: Fethiye leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fethiye 84, Hurghada 72: Fethiye leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Fethiye 76, Hurghada 30: Fethiye leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Fethiye 60, Hurghada 62: Hurghada leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Fethiye 50, Hurghada 22: Fethiye leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Fethiye 38, Hurghada 24: Fethiye leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Fethiye 62, Hurghada 80: Hurghada leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fethiye 15, Hurghada 10: Fethiye leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fethiye 55, Hurghada 44: Fethiye leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fethiye and Hurghada.

Your match

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

Fethiye
Best match
54match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Hurghada
43match

Wins on prices and beaches 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
26 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Hurghada in July

37 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
28 °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. Fethiye: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (30.8 km from centre). Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFethiyeHurghada
Official languageTurkishArabic
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation0 m11 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)30 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureFethiyeHurghada
City population182,200214,247
Museums within 10 km11
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months12 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.