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A paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz, Fethiye
FethiyeA paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz
Rathausquai on the Reuss, Lucerne
LucerneRathausquai on the Reuss

Photos: Fethiye by rheins, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Lucerne by ILOVESwitzerland, Pexels License.

Fethiye or Lucerne?

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

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Lucerne for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Lucerne’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, Lucerne 35: Fethiye leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Fethiye 45, Lucerne 35: Fethiye leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Fethiye 35, Lucerne 58: Lucerne leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Fethiye 42, Lucerne 28: Fethiye leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fethiye 84, Lucerne 92: Lucerne leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Fethiye 76, Lucerne 78: Lucerne leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Fethiye 60, Lucerne 66: Lucerne leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Fethiye 50, Lucerne 86: Lucerne leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Fethiye 38, Lucerne 46: Lucerne leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Fethiye 62, Lucerne 8: Fethiye leads by 54 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fethiye 15, Lucerne 66: Lucerne leads by 51 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fethiye 55, Lucerne 46: Fethiye leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fethiye and Lucerne.

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 prices and beaches with your weighting.

Lucerne
54match

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

Lucerne in July

24 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
141 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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.

Lucerne 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.

Lucerne's sunshine is measured 42 km from the centre, at Zurich Town / Ville..

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fethiye: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (30.8 km from centre). Lucerne: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Emmen (4.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFethiyeLucerne
Official languageTurkishFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m436 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)30 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)49 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureFethiyeLucerne
City population182,20086,234
People per km²-2,963
Museums within 10 km114
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 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.