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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antalya or Fort Lauderdale?

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

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

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

Choose Fort Lauderdale for

  • shopping
  • beaches
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Fort Lauderdale’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, Fort Lauderdale 88: Fort Lauderdale leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, Fort Lauderdale 47: Antalya leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, Fort Lauderdale 28: Antalya leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, Fort Lauderdale 52: Fort Lauderdale leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, Fort Lauderdale 62: Antalya leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, Fort Lauderdale 58: Antalya leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, Fort Lauderdale 66: Antalya leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, Fort Lauderdale 32: Antalya leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, Fort Lauderdale 52: Fort Lauderdale leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, Fort Lauderdale 32: Antalya leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, Fort Lauderdale 42: Fort Lauderdale leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, Fort Lauderdale 40: Antalya leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and Fort Lauderdale.

Your match

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

Antalya
Best match
61match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Fort Lauderdale
50match

Wins on shopping and beaches 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

Fort Lauderdale in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
166 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AntalyaFort Lauderdale

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 km from centre). Fort Lauderdale: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Lauderdale (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaFort Lauderdale
Official languageTurkish-
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation30 m11 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre136 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaFort Lauderdale
City population2,426,356182,760
People per km²1,7121,829
Museums within 10 km56
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. 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.