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A paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz, Fethiye
FethiyeA paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz
The SkyWheel by the beach, Myrtle Beach
Myrtle BeachThe SkyWheel by the beach

Photos: Fethiye by rheins, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Myrtle Beach by The ed17, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Fethiye or Myrtle Beach?

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
  • getting around
  • wellness

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

Choose Myrtle Beach for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Myrtle Beach’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, Myrtle Beach 84: Myrtle Beach leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Fethiye 45, Myrtle Beach 38: Fethiye leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Fethiye 35, Myrtle Beach 20: Fethiye leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Fethiye and Myrtle Beach are level on 42.
Nature & outdoors. Fethiye 84, Myrtle Beach 46: Fethiye leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Fethiye 76, Myrtle Beach 50: Fethiye leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Fethiye 60, Myrtle Beach 80: Myrtle Beach leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Fethiye 50, Myrtle Beach 18: Fethiye leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Fethiye and Myrtle Beach are level on 38.
Affordability. Fethiye 62, Myrtle Beach 52: Fethiye leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fethiye 15, Myrtle Beach 30: Myrtle Beach leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fethiye 55, Myrtle Beach 28: Fethiye leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fethiye and Myrtle Beach.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Myrtle Beach
44match

Wins on families and live music and the arts 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

Myrtle Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
172 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
14 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.

Myrtle Beach 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). Myrtle Beach: 1971-2000 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Myrtle Beach Air Force Base (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFethiyeMyrtle Beach
Official languageTurkish-
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m8 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)30 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsMyrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)5 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureFethiyeMyrtle Beach
City population182,20035,682
People per km²-591
Museums within 10 km12
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months6 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.