VacationSelector
The Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens, Adelaide
AdelaideThe Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens
The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi

Photos: Adelaide by Ardash Muradian, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License.

Adelaide or Antalya?

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 Adelaide for

  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink
  • getting around

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

Choose Antalya for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Antalya’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. Adelaide 68, Antalya 82: Antalya leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Adelaide 72, Antalya 57: Adelaide leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Adelaide 48, Antalya 55: Antalya leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Adelaide 42, Antalya 48: Antalya leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Adelaide 66, Antalya 83: Antalya leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Adelaide 60, Antalya 78: Antalya leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Adelaide 70, Antalya 74: Antalya leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Adelaide 57, Antalya 50: Adelaide leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Adelaide and Antalya are level on 44.
Affordability. Adelaide 40, Antalya 62: Antalya leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Adelaide 63, Antalya 40: Adelaide leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Adelaide 42, Antalya 62: Antalya leads by 20 points.
0255075100

What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Adelaide and Antalya.

Your match

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

Adelaide
56match

Wins on live music and the arts and food and drink with your weighting.

Antalya
Best match
61match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Adelaide in July

16 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
14 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Antalya in July

35 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

0°10°20°30°40°JFMAMJJASOND

Rainfall in the month, mm

0100200300JFMAMJJASOND
AdelaideAntalya

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Adelaide: 1991-2020 normals, Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) (3.1 km from centre). Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAdelaideAntalya
Official languageEnglishTurkish
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9:30, UTC+10:30 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number000112
Elevation1 m30 m
Main airportAdelaide International Airport (ADL)6 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAdelaideAntalya
City population1,387,2902,426,356
People per km²1,0711,712
Museums within 10 km135
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months7 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Adelaide or Antalya somewhere new.

Browse every destination

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). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.