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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
The Sagrada Família, Barcelona
BarcelonaThe Sagrada Família

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; Barcelona by Canaan, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antalya or Barcelona?

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

  • wellness
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Barcelona for

  • nightlife
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Barcelona’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, Barcelona 75: Antalya leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, Barcelona 82: Barcelona leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, Barcelona 86: Barcelona leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, Barcelona 82: Barcelona leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, Barcelona 72: Antalya leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, Barcelona 80: Barcelona leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, Barcelona 76: Barcelona leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, Barcelona 80: Barcelona leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, Barcelona 75: Barcelona leads by 31 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, Barcelona 44: Antalya leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, Barcelona 70: Barcelona leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, Barcelona 38: Antalya leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and Barcelona.

Your match

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

Antalya
61match

Wins on wellness and prices with your weighting.

Barcelona
Best match
72match

Wins on nightlife 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.

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

Barcelona in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 km from centre). Barcelona: 1991-2020 normals, Barcelona / Aeropuerto (14.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaBarcelona
Official languageTurkishSpanish
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation30 m9 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN)13 km from centre235 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaBarcelona
City population2,426,3561,731,649
People per km²1,71217,094
Museums within 10 km595
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months3 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.