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A paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz, Fethiye
FethiyeA paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz
The tusks over Moi Avenue, Mombasa
MombasaThe tusks over Moi Avenue

Photos: Fethiye by rheins, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Mombasa by Rob Oo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Fethiye or Mombasa?

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
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Mombasa for

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Mombasa’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 and Mombasa are level on 82.
Food & drink. Fethiye 45, Mombasa 60: Mombasa leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Fethiye 35, Mombasa 55: Mombasa leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Fethiye 42, Mombasa 46: Mombasa leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fethiye 84, Mombasa 74: Fethiye leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Fethiye 76, Mombasa 45: Fethiye leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Fethiye 60, Mombasa 45: Fethiye leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Fethiye 50, Mombasa 30: Fethiye leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Fethiye 38, Mombasa 35: Fethiye leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Fethiye 62, Mombasa 70: Mombasa leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fethiye 15, Mombasa 22: Mombasa leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fethiye 55, Mombasa 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 Mombasa.

Your match

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

Fethiye
Best match
54match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Mombasa
50match

Wins on culture and sights 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
26 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Mombasa in July

28 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
63 mmrain in the month
26 °Csea
12 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.

Mombasa 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). Mombasa: 1991-2020 normals, Mombasa (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFethiyeMombasa
Official languageTurkishEnglish, Swahili
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+3
Emergency number112Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation0 m50 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)30 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsMoi International Airport (MBA)8 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureFethiyeMombasa
City population182,2001,208,333
People per km²-4,100
Museums within 10 km10
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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.