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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Antalya or Hiroshima?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Hiroshima for

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Hiroshima’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, Hiroshima 30: Antalya leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, Hiroshima 66: Hiroshima leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, Hiroshima 60: Hiroshima leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, Hiroshima 45: Antalya leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, Hiroshima 62: Antalya leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, Hiroshima 80: Hiroshima leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, Hiroshima 60: Antalya leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, Hiroshima 74: Hiroshima leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, Hiroshima 52: Hiroshima leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, Hiroshima 58: Antalya leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, Hiroshima 38: Antalya leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, Hiroshima 50: Antalya leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and Hiroshima.

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 nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Hiroshima
56match

Wins on getting around and food and drink 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

Hiroshima in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
299 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AntalyaHiroshima

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 km from centre). Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaHiroshima
Official languageTurkishJapanese
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation30 m3 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaHiroshima
City population2,426,3561,198,021
People per km²1,7121,324
Museums within 10 km518
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months4 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.