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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
Rocks and beach in Tangolunda Bay, Huatulco
HuatulcoRocks and beach in Tangolunda Bay

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

Antalya or Huatulco?

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

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Huatulco for

  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Huatulco’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, Huatulco 86: Huatulco leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, Huatulco 44: Antalya leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, Huatulco 15: Antalya leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, Huatulco 24: Antalya leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, Huatulco 76: Antalya leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, Huatulco 40: Antalya leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, Huatulco 56: Antalya leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, Huatulco 33: Antalya leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, Huatulco 20: Antalya leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Antalya and Huatulco are level on 62.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, Huatulco 9: Antalya leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, Huatulco 52: Antalya leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and Huatulco.

Your match

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

Antalya
Best match
61match

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

Huatulco
43match

Wins on 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

Huatulco in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
156 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Huatulco's temperatures are measured 42 km from the centre, at Puerto Angel, Oax..

Huatulco's station stands 177 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Huatulco 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). Huatulco: 1991-2020 normals, Puerto Angel, Oax. (42.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaHuatulco
Official languageTurkishSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation30 m220 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsBahías de Huatulco International Airport (HUX)15 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaHuatulco
City population2,426,3567,409
People per km²1,712-
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. 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.