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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
The Forbidden City, Beijing
BeijingThe Forbidden City

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; Beijing by BI ravencrow, Pexels License.

Antalya or Beijing?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Beijing for

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Beijing’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, Beijing 6: Antalya leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, Beijing 81: Beijing leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, Beijing 93: Beijing leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, Beijing 58: Beijing leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, Beijing 60: Antalya leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, Beijing 85: Beijing leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, Beijing 64: Antalya leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, Beijing 69: Beijing leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, Beijing 72: Beijing leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, Beijing 68: Beijing leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, Beijing 68: Beijing leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, Beijing 55: Antalya leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and Beijing.

Your match

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

Antalya
61match

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

Beijing
Best match
65match

Wins on culture and sights and shopping 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

Beijing in July

32 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
163 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Beijing: 1991-2020 normals, Beijing (11.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaBeijing
Official languageTurkishPutonghua
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+8
Emergency number112Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation30 m43 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsBeijing Capital International Airport (PEK)25 km from centre104 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaBeijing
City population2,426,35621,893,095
People per km²1,7121,334
Museums within 10 km583
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km06
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.