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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
The Guggenheim Museum on the river, Bilbao
BilbaoThe Guggenheim Museum on the river

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; Bilbao by José Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antalya or Bilbao?

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 Bilbao for

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Bilbao’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, Bilbao 45: Antalya leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, Bilbao 81: Bilbao leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, Bilbao 62: Bilbao leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, Bilbao 54: Bilbao leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, Bilbao 75: Antalya leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Antalya and Bilbao are level on 78.
Good for families. Antalya 74, Bilbao 55: Antalya leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, Bilbao 79: Bilbao leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, Bilbao 47: Bilbao leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, Bilbao 44: Antalya leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, Bilbao 53: Bilbao leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, Bilbao 33: Antalya leads by 29 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and Bilbao.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Antalya
61match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Bilbao
59match

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

Bilbao in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
6 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 km from centre). Bilbao: 1991-2020 normals, Bilbao / Sondica (4.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaBilbao
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 m19 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsBilbao Airport (BIO)5 km from centre73 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaBilbao
City population2,426,356351,124
People per km²1,7128,440
Museums within 10 km517
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months1 month

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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.