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Best time to visit Fethiye
Turkey · Middle East
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in Fethiye
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- JanJFethiye in January: ok
- FebFFethiye in February: good
- MarMFethiye in March: good
- AprAFethiye in April: sweet spot
- MayMFethiye in May: good, busy
- JunJFethiye in June: sweet spot, busy
- JulJFethiye in July: avoid
- AugAFethiye in August: avoid
- SepSFethiye in September: good, busy
- OctOFethiye in October: sweet spot
- NovNFethiye in November: good
- DecDFethiye in December: ok
- Sweet spot
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- Avoid
- Busy
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Things to do in Fethiye
- Lycian Way Long-distance trail
- Amyntas tomb This is the one in all the brochures, the centrepiece of the group of tombs carved into the cliffs south side of town, the main remnants of ancient Telmessos.
- Babadağ Mountain in Muğla Province, Turkey
- Kaputaş Beach Beach between Kaş and Kalkan in southwestern Turkey
- Patara Beach Turkish beach
- Telmessos Ancient city of Lycia in modern-day Turkey
- Gemiler Island Island in Turkey
Tours and tickets in Fethiye
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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Fethiye), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.
Month by month
| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Humidity | Sun h/day | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15° | 11d | 75% | 7.6h | ok | 15C max, 11 rainy days |
| Feb | 16° | 8d | 71% | 9.0h | good | 16C max, 8 rainy days |
| Mar | 18° | 8d | 69% | 10.0h | good | 18C max, 8 rainy days |
| Apr | 22° | 6d | 67% | 11.0h | sweet spot | 22C max, 6 rainy days |
| May | 26° | 4d | 63% | 12.9h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Jun | 31° | 1d | 59% | 13.9h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Jul | 35° | 0d | 49% | 13.9h | avoid | extreme heat: 15 days over 35C |
| Aug | 34° | 0d | 57% | 12.8h | avoid | extreme heat: 11 days over 35C |
| Sep | 31° | 2d | 60% | 11.8h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Oct | 26° | 4d | 67% | 10.3h | sweet spot | 26C max, 4 rainy days |
| Nov | 22° | 7d | 70% | 8.8h | good | 22C max, 7 rainy days |
| Dec | 18° | 9d | 76% | 8.1h | ok | 18C max, 9 rainy days |
Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.
Weather read at the town and harbour, 30 km from the airport (DLM): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.
A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.
How busy it gets
Then and now
Fethiye's November days now average 22.0°C, 3.7°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 12 of 12 months are clearly warmer.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–90 | 13.4° | 13.6° | 16.1° | 20.3° | 24.1° | 28.6° | 32.3° | 32.2° | 29.6° | 24.3° | 18.2° | 14.9° |
| 2017–26 | 15.3° | 16.4° | 18.3° | 22.0° | 26.4° | 31.0° | 35.0° | 34.2° | 31.4° | 26.4° | 22.0° | 17.5° |
| Change | +1.9° | +2.8° | +2.3° | +1.7° | +2.3° | +2.5° | +2.7° | +2.1° | +1.8° | +2.1° | +3.7° | +2.6° |
The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.
Getting there
How far Fethiye is depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
Open in Rome2rio for every way from to Fethiye, flying or not.
Before you go
Type C and F plugs at 230 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Turkish lira. UK Foreign Office: avoid all travel to parts. Global Affairs Canada: Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories). US State Department: Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution. Everything for Turkey: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.
Being there
On arrival
- Paying — Cards are widely accepted in cities, often with a PIN; carry lira for dolmuş minibuses, street food, markets, small shops and tips.
- UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
- Tipping — About 5-10% in restaurants, left in cash because tips cannot go on a card; let taxi drivers keep the change.
Getting around Fethiye
- Apps — Rides: BiTaksi, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: WhatsApp. Uber and BiTaksi book licensed taxis.
Dolmuş minibuses run throughout town; routes you might use are west to Karagözler, north to Çalış, and south to Ölüdeniz. They run frequently until around 23:00. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Fethiye, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Help
- Emergency — 112 (any emergency).
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.
Your embassy — : how to reach your embassy or consulate abroad. A guess from your city, : a city is not a passport.
Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 3 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.
Sources (10)
- gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/turkey/getting-help
- uber.com/global/en/cities/istanbul
- roughguides.com/turkey/travel-tips
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbulkart
- en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Turkey
- en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Istanbul
- developers.google.com/maps/coverage
- apple.com/ios/feature-availability
- pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2286608
- rbidocs.rbi.org.in/rdocs/AnnualReport/PDFs/09PAYMENT290526C6588B796E664822A2BD0DEB6452CAD4.PDF
Fethiye in pictures
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Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Vano111ru, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Esginmurat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Luc Coekaerts, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
What Fethiye is like
Fethiye is a resort town in Lycia on the Mediterranean coast of Türkiye. It's very much on the international tourist circuit, although nowadays somewhat overshadowed by Ölüdeniz just south. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth seeing
- Amyntas tomb, 117th Sk 3. This is the one in all the brochures, the centrepiece of the group of tombs carved into the cliffs south side of town, the main remnants of ancient Telmessos. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth doing
- Çalış Plajı (Çalış Beach) is north end of town. It's trash-strewn and mostly shingle, though the northern strip is more sandy. More on Wikivoyage
- Getting in
- Dalaman Airport (DLM IATA) is the usual point of arrival, one hour west on D400. Most visitors are on package flights from Europe, with onward transport included. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Fethiye, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.
Around Fethiye
Also in Turkey
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- Edirne best Jun, Sep, Oct
- Ephesus best Apr, May, Oct
- Istanbul best Jun, Jul, Aug
- Kars best Jun, Jul, Aug
- Konya best Apr, Jun, Sep
- Pamukkale best Apr, May, Nov
- Trabzon best Apr, Jun, Jul
- İzmir best Apr, May, Jun
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Fethiye is in Turkey, Middle East. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.
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