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A paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz, Fethiye
FethiyeA paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz
Rice terraces and palms at Tegallalang, Ubud
UbudRice terraces and palms at Tegallalang

Photos: Fethiye by rheins, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Ubud by Pinterpandai, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Fethiye or Ubud?

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
  • getting around
  • nightlife

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

Choose Ubud for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Ubud’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, Ubud 38: Fethiye leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Fethiye 45, Ubud 60: Ubud leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Fethiye 35, Ubud 58: Ubud leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Fethiye 42, Ubud 15: Fethiye leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fethiye 84, Ubud 80: Fethiye leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Fethiye 76, Ubud 72: Fethiye leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Fethiye 60, Ubud 48: Fethiye leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Fethiye 50, Ubud 10: Fethiye leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Fethiye 38, Ubud 52: Ubud leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Fethiye 62, Ubud 80: Ubud leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fethiye 15, Ubud 47: Ubud leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fethiye 55, Ubud 96: Ubud leads by 41 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fethiye and Ubud.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Fethiye
54match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

Ubud
55match

Wins on wellness 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

Ubud in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
110 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
27 °Csea
12 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.

Ubud's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai.

Ubud's station stands 209 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Ubud 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). Ubud: 1991-2020 normals, Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai (29 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFethiyeUbud
Official languageTurkishIndonesian
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+8
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m210 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)30 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS)29 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureFethiyeUbud
City population182,200-
Museums within 10 km114
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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.