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A paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz, Fethiye
FethiyeA paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz
The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower

Photos: Fethiye by rheins, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Fethiye or Nairobi?

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

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Nairobi for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Nairobi’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, Nairobi 4: Fethiye leads by 78 points.
Food & drink. Fethiye 45, Nairobi 48: Nairobi leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Fethiye and Nairobi are level on 35.
Nightlife. Fethiye 42, Nairobi 58: Nairobi leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fethiye and Nairobi are level on 84.
Day trips. Fethiye 76, Nairobi 28: Fethiye leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Fethiye 60, Nairobi 55: Fethiye leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Fethiye 50, Nairobi 20: Fethiye leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Fethiye 38, Nairobi 45: Nairobi leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Fethiye 62, Nairobi 60: Fethiye leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fethiye 15, Nairobi 35: Nairobi leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fethiye 55, Nairobi 25: Fethiye leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fethiye and Nairobi.

Your match

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

Fethiye
Best match
54match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Nairobi
41match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fethiye: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (30.8 km from centre). Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFethiyeNairobi
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 m1,661 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)30 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureFethiyeNairobi
City population182,2005,545,000
People per km²-7,967
Museums within 10 km14
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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.