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A paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz, Fethiye
FethiyeA paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz
The harbour front with the church tower above the houses, Saint-Tropez
Saint-TropezThe harbour front with the church tower above the houses

Photos: Fethiye by rheins, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Saint-Tropez by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Fethiye or Saint-Tropez?

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
  • wellness
  • day trips

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

Choose Saint-Tropez for

  • shopping
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Saint-Tropez’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 and Saint-Tropez are level on 82.
Food & drink. Fethiye 45, Saint-Tropez 48: Saint-Tropez leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Fethiye and Saint-Tropez are level on 35.
Nightlife. Fethiye 42, Saint-Tropez 60: Saint-Tropez leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fethiye 84, Saint-Tropez 72: Fethiye leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Fethiye 76, Saint-Tropez 57: Fethiye leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Fethiye 60, Saint-Tropez 42: Fethiye leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Fethiye 50, Saint-Tropez 32: Fethiye leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Fethiye 38, Saint-Tropez 64: Saint-Tropez leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Fethiye 62, Saint-Tropez 8: Fethiye leads by 54 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fethiye 15, Saint-Tropez 18: Saint-Tropez leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fethiye 55, Saint-Tropez 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 Saint-Tropez.

Your match

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Fethiye
Best match
54match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Saint-Tropez
46match

Wins on shopping 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
No recordsunshine a day
26 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Saint-Tropez in July

32 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
10 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
23 °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.

Saint-Tropez 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.

Saint-Tropez's sunshine is measured 62 km from the centre, at Nice.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fethiye: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (30.8 km from centre). Saint-Tropez: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Le Luc (24.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFethiyeSaint-Tropez
Official languageTurkishFrench
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m0 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)30 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)64 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureFethiyeSaint-Tropez
City population182,2003,582
People per km²-320
Museums within 10 km14
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.