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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
Huntington Beach Pier on a summer day, Huntington Beach
Huntington BeachHuntington Beach Pier on a summer day

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; Huntington Beach by Stephen Leonardi, Pexels License.

Antalya or Huntington Beach?

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
  • prices
  • getting around

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

Choose Huntington Beach for

  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Huntington Beach’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, Huntington Beach 70: Antalya leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, Huntington Beach 46: Antalya leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, Huntington Beach 14: Antalya leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, Huntington Beach 38: Antalya leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, Huntington Beach 58: Antalya leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, Huntington Beach 63: Antalya leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, Huntington Beach 82: Huntington Beach leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, Huntington Beach 20: Antalya leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, Huntington Beach 42: Antalya leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, Huntington Beach 28: Antalya leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, Huntington Beach 33: Antalya leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, Huntington Beach 36: Antalya leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and Huntington Beach.

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 prices with your weighting.

Huntington Beach
44match

Wins on families 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

Huntington Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AntalyaHuntington Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 km from centre). Huntington Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (12.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaHuntington Beach
Official languageTurkish-
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation30 m12 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)12 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaHuntington Beach
City population2,426,356198,711
People per km²1,7122,406
Museums within 10 km53
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.