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A paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz, Fethiye
FethiyeA paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz
Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town

Photos: Fethiye by rheins, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Fethiye or Mazatlan?

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
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Mazatlan for

  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Mazatlan’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, Mazatlan 80: Fethiye leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Fethiye 45, Mazatlan 62: Mazatlan leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Fethiye 35, Mazatlan 42: Mazatlan leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Fethiye 42, Mazatlan 55: Mazatlan leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fethiye 84, Mazatlan 66: Fethiye leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Fethiye 76, Mazatlan 45: Fethiye leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Fethiye and Mazatlan are level on 60.
Getting around. Fethiye 50, Mazatlan 42: Fethiye leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Fethiye 38, Mazatlan 30: Fethiye leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Fethiye 62, Mazatlan 70: Mazatlan leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fethiye 15, Mazatlan 40: Mazatlan leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fethiye 55, Mazatlan 35: Fethiye leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fethiye and Mazatlan.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Fethiye
54match

Wins on day trips and wellness with your weighting.

Mazatlan
52match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Mazatlan in July

34 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
8 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). Mazatlan: 1991-2020 normals, Colonia Juan Carras-Co Mazatlan, Sin. (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFethiyeMazatlan
Official languageTurkishSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-7
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m139 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)30 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureFethiyeMazatlan
City population182,200441,975
Museums within 10 km13
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.