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Skiers at the Albion base of the ski area, Alta, Utah
Alta, UtahSkiers at the Albion base of the ski area
The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi

Photos: Alta, Utah by Sumanch, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License.

Alta, Utah 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 Alta, Utah for

  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Alta, Utah’s own page.

Choose Antalya for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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. Alta, Utah 3, Antalya 82: Antalya leads by 79 points.
Food & drink. Alta, Utah 15, Antalya 57: Antalya leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Alta, Utah 5, Antalya 55: Antalya leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Alta, Utah 4, Antalya 48: Antalya leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alta, Utah 90, Antalya 83: Alta, Utah leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Alta, Utah 40, Antalya 78: Antalya leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Alta, Utah 30, Antalya 74: Antalya leads by 44 points.
Getting around. Alta, Utah 35, Antalya 50: Antalya leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Alta, Utah 4, Antalya 44: Antalya leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Alta, Utah 15, Antalya 62: Antalya leads by 47 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alta, Utah 3, Antalya 40: Antalya leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alta, Utah 35, Antalya 62: Antalya leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alta, Utah and Antalya.

Your match

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

Alta, Utah
23match

Wins on nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Antalya
Best match
61match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Alta, Utah in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Alta, UtahAntalya

Where the figures come from

Alta, Utah has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alta, Utah: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km. Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlta, UtahAntalya
Official language-Turkish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number911112
Elevation2,610 m30 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)37 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlta, UtahAntalya
City population2282,426,356
People per km²191,712
Museums within 10 km05
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.