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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
The entrance to the Big Lagoon, El Nido
El NidoThe entrance to the Big Lagoon

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; El Nido by nennnn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Antalya or El Nido?

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

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose El Nido for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on El Nido’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, El Nido 92: El Nido leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, El Nido 27: Antalya leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, El Nido 4: Antalya leads by 51 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, El Nido 30: Antalya leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, El Nido 87: El Nido leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, El Nido 8: Antalya leads by 70 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, El Nido 40: Antalya leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, El Nido 22: Antalya leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, El Nido 7: Antalya leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, El Nido 64: El Nido leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, El Nido 7: Antalya leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, El Nido 46: Antalya leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and El Nido.

Your match

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

Antalya
Best match
61match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

El Nido
36match

Wins on beaches 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

El Nido in July

29 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
368 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AntalyaEl Nido

Where the figures come from

El Nido has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 km from centre). El Nido: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaEl Nido
Official languageTurkishEnglish, Filipino, Taglish
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Philippine Peso (PHP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+8
Emergency number112911
Elevation30 m35 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsEl Nido Airport (ENI)4 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaEl Nido
City population2,426,35651,367
People per km²1,71256
Museums within 10 km50
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months12 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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.