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A paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz, Fethiye
FethiyeA paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz
Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour

Photos: Fethiye by rheins, CC BY 3.0, cropped; La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License.

Fethiye or La Spezia?

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

  • wellness
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose La Spezia for

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on La Spezia’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 Spezia 60: Fethiye leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Fethiye 45, La Spezia 58: La Spezia leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Fethiye 35, La Spezia 40: La Spezia leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Fethiye 42, La Spezia 28: Fethiye leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fethiye 84, La Spezia 79: Fethiye leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Fethiye 76, La Spezia 87: La Spezia leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Fethiye 60, La Spezia 48: Fethiye leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Fethiye 50, La Spezia 70: La Spezia leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Fethiye 38, La Spezia 35: Fethiye leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Fethiye 62, La Spezia 50: Fethiye leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fethiye 15, La Spezia 28: La Spezia leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fethiye 55, La Spezia 32: Fethiye leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fethiye and La Spezia.

Your match

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

Fethiye
Best match
54match

Wins on wellness and beaches with your weighting.

La Spezia
51match

Wins on getting around and food and drink 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

La Spezia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
20 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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.

La Spezia's temperatures are measured 65 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

La Spezia 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 Spezia: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (64.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFethiyeLa Spezia
Official languageTurkishItalian
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m3 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)30 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFethiyeLa Spezia
City population182,20092,119
People per km²-1,792
Museums within 10 km112
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months4 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.