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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License.

Antalya or Jerusalem?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Jerusalem for

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Jerusalem’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, Jerusalem 40: Antalya leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, Jerusalem 66: Jerusalem leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, Jerusalem 92: Jerusalem leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, Jerusalem 38: Antalya leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, Jerusalem 60: Antalya leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, Jerusalem 80: Jerusalem leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, Jerusalem 52: Antalya leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, Jerusalem 55: Jerusalem leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, Jerusalem 48: Jerusalem leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, Jerusalem 20: Antalya leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya and Jerusalem are level on 40.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, Jerusalem 42: Antalya leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and Jerusalem.

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.

Jerusalem
53match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Jerusalem in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AntalyaJerusalem

Where the figures come from

Jerusalem 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). Jerusalem: 1991-2020 normals, Jerusalem (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaJerusalem
Official languageTurkishHebrew
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 100, fire 102
Elevation30 m754 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaJerusalem
City population2,426,3561,050,151
People per km²1,7128,374
Museums within 10 km569
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km07
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months7 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.