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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
Titanic Belfast, Belfast
BelfastTitanic Belfast

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; Belfast by Nico Kaiser, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Antalya or Belfast?

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
  • wellness
  • families

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

Choose Belfast for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Belfast’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, Belfast 20: Antalya leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, Belfast 50: Antalya leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya and Belfast are level on 55.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, Belfast 50: Belfast leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, Belfast 74: Antalya leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, Belfast 66: Antalya leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, Belfast 58: Antalya leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, Belfast 62: Belfast leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, Belfast 45: Belfast leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, Belfast 48: Antalya leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, Belfast 55: Belfast leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, Belfast 25: Antalya leads by 37 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and Belfast.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Belfast
51match

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

Belfast in July

19 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
74 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AntalyaBelfast

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 km from centre). Belfast: 1991-2020 normals, Belfast / Aldergrove Airport (19.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaBelfast
Official languageTurkishEnglish
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation30 m3 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsGeorge Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)4 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaBelfast
City population2,426,356345,006
People per km²1,7123,000
Museums within 10 km58
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 monthsNone

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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.