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A paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz, Fethiye
FethiyeA paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz
The Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70

Photos: Fethiye by rheins, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Seattle by Caio, Pexels License.

Fethiye or Seattle?

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
  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose Seattle for

  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Seattle’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, Seattle 30: Fethiye leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Fethiye 45, Seattle 66: Seattle leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Fethiye 35, Seattle 50: Seattle leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Fethiye 42, Seattle 55: Seattle leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fethiye 84, Seattle 87: Seattle leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Fethiye 76, Seattle 55: Fethiye leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Fethiye 60, Seattle 64: Seattle leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Fethiye 50, Seattle 60: Seattle leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Fethiye 38, Seattle 52: Seattle leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Fethiye 62, Seattle 22: Fethiye leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fethiye 15, Seattle 70: Seattle leads by 55 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fethiye 55, Seattle 40: Fethiye leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fethiye and Seattle.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Fethiye
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Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Seattle
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Wins on live music and the arts and food and drink 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

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
12 °Csea
16 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). Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFethiyeSeattle
Official languageTurkish-
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m40 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)30 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFethiyeSeattle
City population182,200737,015
People per km²-1,996
Museums within 10 km127
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 monthsNone

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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.