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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
Cardiff Castle, Cardiff
CardiffCardiff Castle

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; Cardiff by Tevfik Teker, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Antalya or Cardiff?

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 Cardiff for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Cardiff’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, Cardiff 30: Antalya leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, Cardiff 45: Antalya leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, Cardiff 58: Cardiff leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, Cardiff 50: Cardiff leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, Cardiff 70: Antalya leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, Cardiff 72: Antalya leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, Cardiff 58: Antalya leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, Cardiff 66: Cardiff leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, Cardiff 50: Cardiff leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, Cardiff 46: Antalya leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, Cardiff 57: Cardiff leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, Cardiff 27: Antalya leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and Cardiff.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Cardiff
52match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around 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

Cardiff in July

20 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AntalyaCardiff

Where the figures come from

Cardiff 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.

Cardiff's sunshine is measured 83 km from the centre, at Lyneham.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 km from centre). Cardiff: 1991-2020 normals, Cardiff-Wales Airport (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaCardiff
Official languageTurkishEnglish
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation30 m41 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsCardiff International Airport (CWL)15 km from centre30 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaCardiff
City population2,426,356383,536
People per km²1,7122,734
Museums within 10 km59
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.