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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
The Fisherman's Bastion, Budapest
BudapestThe Fisherman's Bastion

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; Budapest by Perituss, CC0.

Antalya or Budapest?

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 Budapest for

  • live music and the arts
  • wellness
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Budapest’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, Budapest 25: Antalya leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, Budapest 63: Budapest leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, Budapest 80: Budapest leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, Budapest 78: Budapest leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, Budapest 58: Antalya leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, Budapest 68: Antalya leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, Budapest 62: Antalya leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, Budapest 78: Budapest leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, Budapest 55: Budapest leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Antalya and Budapest are level on 62.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, Budapest 76: Budapest leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, Budapest 98: Budapest leads by 36 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and Budapest.

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.

Budapest
Best match
67match

Wins on live music and the arts and wellness 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

Budapest in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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). Budapest: 1991-2020 normals, Budapest Met Center (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaBudapest
Official languageTurkishHungarian
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Forint (HUF)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation30 m117 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsBudapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD)18 km from centre157 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaBudapest
City population2,426,3561,675,777
People per km²1,7123,191
Museums within 10 km581
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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.