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A paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz, Fethiye
FethiyeA paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Fethiye by rheins, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Fethiye or Valparaiso?

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
  • wellness
  • families

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

Choose Valparaiso for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Valparaiso’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, Valparaiso 36: Fethiye leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Fethiye 45, Valparaiso 50: Valparaiso leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Fethiye 35, Valparaiso 62: Valparaiso leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Fethiye 42, Valparaiso 56: Valparaiso leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fethiye 84, Valparaiso 60: Fethiye leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Fethiye 76, Valparaiso 63: Fethiye leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Fethiye 60, Valparaiso 33: Fethiye leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Fethiye 50, Valparaiso 44: Fethiye leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Fethiye 38, Valparaiso 30: Fethiye leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Fethiye 62, Valparaiso 60: Fethiye leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fethiye 15, Valparaiso 38: Valparaiso leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fethiye 55, Valparaiso 18: Fethiye leads by 37 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fethiye and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

Fethiye
Best match
54match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

Wins on culture and sights 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
26 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
13 °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.

Valparaiso 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). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFethiyeValparaiso
Official languageTurkishSpanish
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation0 m21 m
Main airportDalaman International Airport (DLM)30 km from centre61 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureFethiyeValparaiso
City population182,200296,655
People per km²-6,180
Museums within 10 km117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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.