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A paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz, Fethiye
FethiyeA paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz
The Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline, Macau
MacauThe Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline

Photos: Fethiye by rheins, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Macau by tian Jin, Pexels License.

Fethiye or Macau?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • day trips

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

Choose Macau for

  • food and drink
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Macau’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, Macau 24: Fethiye leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Fethiye 45, Macau 77: Macau leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Fethiye 35, Macau 62: Macau leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Fethiye 42, Macau 40: Fethiye leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fethiye 84, Macau 5: Fethiye leads by 79 points.
Day trips. Fethiye 76, Macau 52: Fethiye leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Fethiye 60, Macau 48: Fethiye leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Fethiye 50, Macau 60: Macau leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Fethiye 38, Macau 58: Macau leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Fethiye 62, Macau 44: Fethiye leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fethiye 15, Macau 36: Macau leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fethiye 55, Macau 40: Fethiye leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fethiye and Macau.

Your match

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

Fethiye
Best match
54match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches with your weighting.

Macau
46match

Wins on food and drink and culture and sights 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

Macau in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
281 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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). Macau: 1991-2020 normals, Taipa (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFethiyeMacau
Official languageTurkishPortuguese, Cantonese, Standard Chinese
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Pataca (MOP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzFGM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+8
Emergency number112999
Elevation0 m22 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)30 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsMacau International Airport (MFM)7 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureFethiyeMacau
City population182,200682,100
People per km²-5,916
Museums within 10 km128
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months8 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.