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A paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz, Fethiye
FethiyeA paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz
The arch at the entrance to the boardwalk, Ocean City, Maryland
Ocean City, MarylandThe arch at the entrance to the boardwalk

Photos: Fethiye by rheins, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Ocean City, Maryland by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Fethiye or Ocean City, Maryland?

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
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose Ocean City, Maryland for

  • families
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Ocean City, Maryland’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, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Fethiye leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Fethiye 45, Ocean City, Maryland 40: Fethiye leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Fethiye 35, Ocean City, Maryland 14: Fethiye leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Fethiye 42, Ocean City, Maryland 45: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fethiye 84, Ocean City, Maryland 50: Fethiye leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Fethiye 76, Ocean City, Maryland 42: Fethiye leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Fethiye 60, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Fethiye 50, Ocean City, Maryland 34: Fethiye leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Fethiye 38, Ocean City, Maryland 24: Fethiye leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Fethiye 62, Ocean City, Maryland 40: Fethiye leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fethiye 15, Ocean City, Maryland 18: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fethiye 55, Ocean City, Maryland 22: Fethiye leads by 33 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fethiye and Ocean City, Maryland.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Ocean City, Maryland
40match

Wins on families 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
26 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Ocean City, Maryland in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
96 mmrain in the month
24 °Csea
15 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.

Ocean City, Maryland 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). Ocean City, Maryland: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Ocean City / Morris Mobile Home Park (10.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFethiyeOcean City, Maryland
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 m2 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)30 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY)39 km from centre4 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureFethiyeOcean City, Maryland
City population182,2006,844
People per km²-73
Museums within 10 km10
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months3 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.