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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
The Flame Towers from the seafront, Baku
BakuThe Flame Towers from the seafront

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; Baku by Zulfugar Karimov, Pexels License.

Antalya or Baku?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • day trips

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

Choose Baku for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Baku’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, Baku 40: Antalya leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, Baku 60: Baku leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, Baku 62: Baku leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, Baku 42: Antalya leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, Baku 30: Antalya leads by 53 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, Baku 45: Antalya leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, Baku 45: Antalya leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, Baku 58: Baku leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, Baku 48: Baku leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, Baku 64: Baku leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, Baku 52: Baku leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, Baku 30: Antalya leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and Baku.

Your match

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

Antalya
Best match
61match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches with your weighting.

Baku
48match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Baku in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AntalyaBaku

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 km from centre). Baku: 1991-2020 normals, Mashtaga (23.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaBaku
Official languageTurkishAzerbaijani, Azerbaijani Sign Language
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Azerbaijan Manat (AZN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+4
Emergency number112102 or 112
Elevation30 m-28 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsHeydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD)22 km from centre79 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaBaku
City population2,426,3562,300,500
People per km²1,7121,075
Museums within 10 km550
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months4 months

Where else could you go?

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.