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A paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz, Fethiye
FethiyeA paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz
The lighthouse and the peninsula in evening light, Punta del Este
Punta del EsteThe lighthouse and the peninsula in evening light

Photos: Fethiye by rheins, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Punta del Este by Marcelo Campi, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Fethiye or Punta del Este?

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

  • prices
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Punta del Este for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Punta del Este’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, Punta del Este 72: Fethiye leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Fethiye and Punta del Este are level on 45.
Culture & sights. Fethiye 35, Punta del Este 22: Fethiye leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Fethiye 42, Punta del Este 60: Punta del Este leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fethiye 84, Punta del Este 55: Fethiye leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Fethiye 76, Punta del Este 45: Fethiye leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Fethiye 60, Punta del Este 55: Fethiye leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Fethiye 50, Punta del Este 35: Fethiye leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Fethiye 38, Punta del Este 42: Punta del Este leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Fethiye 62, Punta del Este 20: Fethiye leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fethiye 15, Punta del Este 22: Punta del Este leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fethiye 55, Punta del Este 32: Fethiye leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fethiye and Punta del Este.

Your match

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Fethiye
Best match
54match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Punta del Este
42match

Wins on nightlife 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

Punta del Este in July

15 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
101 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 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.

Punta del Este's temperatures are measured 79 km from the centre, at Rocha.

Punta del Este 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). Punta del Este: 1991-2020 normals, Rocha (78.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFethiyePunta del Este
Official languageTurkish-
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-3
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m11 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)30 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsCapitan Corbeta CA Curbelo International Airport (PDP)18 km from centre6 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureFethiyePunta del Este
City population182,2009,277
People per km²-455
Museums within 10 km15
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.