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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
Galway Cathedral from the River Corrib, Galway
GalwayGalway Cathedral from the River Corrib

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; Galway by Dieglop, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antalya or Galway?

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
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Galway for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Galway’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, Galway 28: Antalya leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, Galway 45: Antalya leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, Galway 33: Antalya leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, Galway 50: Galway leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, Galway 78: Antalya leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, Galway 56: Antalya leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, Galway 42: Antalya leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, Galway 58: Galway leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, Galway 38: Antalya leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, Galway 28: Antalya leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, Galway 57: Galway leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, Galway 28: Antalya leads by 34 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and Galway.

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 prices with your weighting.

Galway
45match

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

Galway in July

20 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Galway's temperatures are measured 64 km from the centre, at Shannon Airport.

Galway 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 km from centre). Galway: 1991-2020 normals, Shannon Airport (64.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaGalway
Official languageTurkishEnglish, Irish
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation30 m25 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsShannon Airport (SNN)64 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaGalway
City population2,426,35683,456
People per km²1,7121,563
Museums within 10 km54
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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.