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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
The Dutch Reformed Church in Galle Fort, Galle
GalleThe Dutch Reformed Church in Galle Fort

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; Galle by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Antalya or Galle?

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

  • families
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Galle for

  • prices
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Galle’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, Galle 80: Antalya leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, Galle 50: Antalya leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya and Galle are level on 55.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, Galle 18: Antalya leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, Galle 66: Antalya leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, Galle 50: Antalya leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, Galle 42: Antalya leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, Galle 35: Antalya leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, Galle 33: Antalya leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, Galle 72: Galle leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, Galle 10: Antalya leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, Galle 70: Galle leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and Galle.

Your match

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

Antalya
Best match
61match

Wins on families and nightlife with your weighting.

Galle
48match

Wins on prices and wellness 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

Galle in July

28 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
116 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Galle 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). Galle: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaGalle
Official languageTurkishTamil, Sinhala
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Sri Lanka Rupee (LKR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzGM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+5:30
Emergency number112Police 119, ambulance 110, fire 110
Elevation30 m0 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsBandaranaike International Colombo Airport (CMB)133 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaGalle
City population2,426,35693,118
People per km²1,712-
Museums within 10 km52
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.