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A paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz, Fethiye
FethiyeA paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz
The Fortaleza San Felipe, Puerto Plata
Puerto PlataThe Fortaleza San Felipe

Photos: Fethiye by rheins, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Puerto Plata by CareAhLine, CC0.

Fethiye or Puerto Plata?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Puerto Plata for

  • live music and the arts
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Puerto Plata’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, Puerto Plata 80: Fethiye leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Fethiye 45, Puerto Plata 40: Fethiye leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Fethiye and Puerto Plata are level on 35.
Nightlife. Fethiye 42, Puerto Plata 38: Fethiye leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fethiye 84, Puerto Plata 68: Fethiye leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Fethiye 76, Puerto Plata 48: Fethiye leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Fethiye 60, Puerto Plata 57: Fethiye leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Fethiye 50, Puerto Plata 30: Fethiye leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Fethiye 38, Puerto Plata 30: Fethiye leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Fethiye 62, Puerto Plata 64: Puerto Plata leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fethiye 15, Puerto Plata 18: Puerto Plata leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fethiye 55, Puerto Plata 35: Fethiye leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fethiye and Puerto Plata.

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.

Puerto Plata
45match

Wins on live music and the arts and prices 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

Puerto Plata in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
67 mmrain in the month
28 °Csea
13 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.

Puerto Plata 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). Puerto Plata: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Puerto Plata (15.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFethiyePuerto Plata
Official languageTurkishSpanish
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Dominican Peso (DOP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-4
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m34 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)30 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsGregorio Luperon International Airport (POP)13 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFethiyePuerto Plata
City population182,200-
Museums within 10 km11
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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.