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A paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz, Fethiye
FethiyeA paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz
The Dzhumaya Mosque, Plovdiv
PlovdivThe Dzhumaya Mosque

Photos: Fethiye by rheins, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Plovdiv by Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Fethiye or Plovdiv?

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
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Plovdiv for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Plovdiv’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, Plovdiv 7: Fethiye leads by 75 points.
Food & drink. Fethiye 45, Plovdiv 50: Plovdiv leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Fethiye 35, Plovdiv 66: Plovdiv leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Fethiye and Plovdiv are level on 42.
Nature & outdoors. Fethiye 84, Plovdiv 68: Fethiye leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Fethiye 76, Plovdiv 70: Fethiye leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Fethiye 60, Plovdiv 40: Fethiye leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Fethiye 50, Plovdiv 65: Plovdiv leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Fethiye 38, Plovdiv 33: Fethiye leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Fethiye 62, Plovdiv 78: Plovdiv leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fethiye 15, Plovdiv 42: Plovdiv leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fethiye 55, Plovdiv 44: Fethiye leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fethiye and Plovdiv.

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 families with your weighting.

Plovdiv
50match

Wins on culture and sights 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
No recordsunshine a day
26 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Plovdiv in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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.

Plovdiv 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.

Plovdiv's sunshine is measured 75 km from the centre, at Kurdjali.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fethiye: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (30.8 km from centre). Plovdiv: 1997-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Plovdiv (1.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFethiyePlovdiv
Official languageTurkishBulgarian
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m172 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)30 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsPlovdiv International Airport (PDV)12 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureFethiyePlovdiv
City population182,200333,994
People per km²-3,274
Museums within 10 km118
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.