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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
The Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz
BiarritzThe Hôtel du Palais

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; Biarritz by Lilipiapia, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Antalya or Biarritz?

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

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • beaches

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

Choose Biarritz for

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Biarritz’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, Biarritz 68: Antalya leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, Biarritz 62: Biarritz leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, Biarritz 33: Antalya leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, Biarritz 36: Antalya leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, Biarritz 74: Antalya leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, Biarritz 80: Biarritz leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, Biarritz 62: Antalya leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, Biarritz 58: Biarritz leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, Biarritz 42: Antalya leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, Biarritz 30: Antalya leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, Biarritz 38: Antalya leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, Biarritz 64: Biarritz leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and Biarritz.

Your match

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

Antalya
Best match
61match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Biarritz
54match

Wins on getting around and food and drink 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

Biarritz in July

24 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
97 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AntalyaBiarritz

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 km from centre). Biarritz: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Biarritz (2.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaBiarritz
Official languageTurkishFrench
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation30 m0 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsBiarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)3 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaBiarritz
City population2,426,35626,206
People per km²1,7122,240
Museums within 10 km58
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months2 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.