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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
The Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires
Buenos AiresThe Teatro Colón

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; Buenos Aires by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antalya or Buenos Aires?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Buenos Aires for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Buenos Aires’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, Buenos Aires 7: Antalya leads by 75 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, Buenos Aires 75: Buenos Aires leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, Buenos Aires 71: Buenos Aires leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, Buenos Aires 95: Buenos Aires leads by 47 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, Buenos Aires 38: Antalya leads by 45 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, Buenos Aires 60: Antalya leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, Buenos Aires 52: Antalya leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, Buenos Aires 62: Buenos Aires leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, Buenos Aires 60: Buenos Aires leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, Buenos Aires 55: Antalya leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, Buenos Aires 75: Buenos Aires leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, Buenos Aires 28: Antalya leads by 34 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and Buenos Aires.

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 nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Buenos Aires
57match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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

Buenos Aires in July

15 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
13 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AntalyaBuenos Aires

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 km from centre). Buenos Aires: 1991-2020 normals, Aeroparque Bs. As. Aerodrome (4.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaBuenos Aires
Official languageTurkishSpanish
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-3
Emergency number112117 or 911
Elevation30 m25 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsEzeiza International Airport - Ministro Pistarini (EZE)28 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaBuenos Aires
City population2,426,3563,121,707
People per km²1,71215,355
Museums within 10 km576
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months4 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.