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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
San Petronio on Piazza Maggiore, Bologna
BolognaSan Petronio on Piazza Maggiore

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; Bologna by Vanni Lazzari, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antalya or Bologna?

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 Bologna for

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Bologna’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, Bologna 30: Antalya leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, Bologna 82: Bologna leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, Bologna 77: Bologna leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, Bologna 58: Bologna leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, Bologna 52: Antalya leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, Bologna 95: Bologna leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, Bologna 50: Antalya leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, Bologna 76: Bologna leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, Bologna 55: Bologna leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, Bologna 48: Antalya leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, Bologna 60: Bologna leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, Bologna 40: Antalya leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and Bologna.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Antalya
61match

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

Bologna
60match

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

Bologna in July

32 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
39 mmrain in the month
11 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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Where the figures come from

Bologna has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Bologna's sunshine is measured 82 km from the centre, at Cervia.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 km from centre). Bologna: 1991-2020 normals, Bologna / Borgo Panigale (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaBologna
Official languageTurkishItalian
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation30 m54 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsBologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)6 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaBologna
City population2,426,356387,971
People per km²1,7122,754
Museums within 10 km568
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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.