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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Antalya or Antigua Guatemala?

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 Antalya for

  • beaches
  • families
  • day trips

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

Choose Antigua Guatemala for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Antigua Guatemala’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. Antalya 82, Antigua Guatemala 6: Antalya leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, Antigua Guatemala 48: Antalya leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, Antigua Guatemala 68: Antigua Guatemala leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, Antigua Guatemala 34: Antalya leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, Antigua Guatemala 78: Antalya leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, Antigua Guatemala 55: Antalya leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, Antigua Guatemala 38: Antalya leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, Antigua Guatemala 60: Antigua Guatemala leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, Antigua Guatemala 45: Antigua Guatemala leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, Antigua Guatemala 67: Antigua Guatemala leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, Antigua Guatemala 22: Antalya leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, Antigua Guatemala 42: Antalya leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and Antigua Guatemala.

Your match

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

Antalya
Best match
61match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Antigua Guatemala
47match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Antigua Guatemala in July

25 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
188 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AntalyaAntigua Guatemala

Where the figures come from

Antigua Guatemala 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. Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 km from centre). Antigua Guatemala: 1998-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Guatemala Aeropuertola Aurora (23.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaAntigua Guatemala
Official languageTurkishSpanish
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Quetzal (GTQ)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-6
Emergency number112Police 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123
Elevation30 m1,582 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaAntigua Guatemala
City population2,426,35659,091
People per km²1,712-
Museums within 10 km52
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.