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A paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz, Fethiye
FethiyeA paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz
The church of San Estanislao at Altos de Chavón, La Romana
La RomanaThe church of San Estanislao at Altos de Chavón

Photos: Fethiye by rheins, CC BY 3.0, cropped; La Romana by Edgar El, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Fethiye or La Romana?

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

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose La Romana for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on La Romana’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, La Romana 84: La Romana leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Fethiye 45, La Romana 38: Fethiye leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Fethiye 35, La Romana 24: Fethiye leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Fethiye 42, La Romana 30: Fethiye leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fethiye 84, La Romana 62: Fethiye leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Fethiye 76, La Romana 52: Fethiye leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Fethiye 60, La Romana 56: Fethiye leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Fethiye 50, La Romana 24: Fethiye leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Fethiye 38, La Romana 28: Fethiye leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Fethiye 62, La Romana 50: Fethiye leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fethiye 15, La Romana 17: La Romana leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fethiye 55, La Romana 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 La Romana.

Your match

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

Fethiye
Best match
54match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

La Romana
42match

Wins on beaches 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
26 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

La Romana in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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FethiyeLa Romana

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.

La Romana's temperatures are measured 65 km from the centre, at Punta Cana.

La Romana 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). La Romana: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Punta Cana (65.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFethiyeLa Romana
Official languageTurkishSpanish
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Dominican Peso (DOP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-4
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m10 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)30 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsCasa De Campo International Airport (LRM)7 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFethiyeLa Romana
City population182,200139,238
People per km²-512
Museums within 10 km10
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.