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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
Lion's Head above Clifton Beach, Cape Town
Cape TownLion's Head above Clifton Beach

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; Cape Town by Stephan Louis, Pexels License.

Antalya or Cape Town?

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 Cape Town for

  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Cape Town’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, Cape Town 58: Antalya leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, Cape Town 72: Cape Town leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, Cape Town 60: Cape Town leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, Cape Town 60: Cape Town leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, Cape Town 98: Cape Town leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, Cape Town 68: Antalya leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, Cape Town 58: Antalya leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, Cape Town 35: Antalya leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, Cape Town 50: Cape Town leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, Cape Town 72: Cape Town leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, Cape Town 52: Cape Town leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, Cape Town 45: Antalya leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and Cape Town.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Antalya
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Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Cape Town
61match

Wins on food and drink and nature and the outdoors 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

Cape Town in July

18 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
89 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
10 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). Cape Town: 1991-2020 normals, Cape Town Airport (17.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaCape Town
Official languageTurkishEnglish, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Venda, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Southern Ndebele, South African Sign Language
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Rand (ZAR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCMN230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation30 m5 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsCape Town International Airport (CPT)18 km from centre45 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaCape Town
City population2,426,3563,776,313
People per km²1,7121,538
Museums within 10 km522
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 monthsNone

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.