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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antalya or Krakow?

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
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Krakow for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Krakow’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, Krakow 9: Antalya leads by 73 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, Krakow 55: Antalya leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, Krakow 77: Krakow leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, Krakow 68: Krakow leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, Krakow 62: Antalya leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, Krakow 76: Antalya leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, Krakow 58: Antalya leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, Krakow 74: Krakow leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, Krakow 48: Krakow leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, Krakow 72: Krakow leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, Krakow 55: Krakow leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, Krakow 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 Krakow.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Krakow
58match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights 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

Krakow in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
100 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AntalyaKrakow

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 km from centre). Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaKrakow
Official languageTurkishPolish
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation30 m219 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaKrakow
City population2,426,356804,237
People per km²1,7122,459
Museums within 10 km5113
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.