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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License.

Antalya or La Spezia?

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

  • wellness
  • families
  • beaches

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

Choose La Spezia for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on La Spezia’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, La Spezia 60: Antalya leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, La Spezia 58: La Spezia leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, La Spezia 40: Antalya leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, La Spezia 28: Antalya leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, La Spezia 79: Antalya leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, La Spezia 87: La Spezia leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, La Spezia 48: Antalya leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, La Spezia 70: La Spezia leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, La Spezia 35: Antalya leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, La Spezia 50: Antalya leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, La Spezia 28: Antalya leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, La Spezia 32: Antalya leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and La Spezia.

Your match

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

Antalya
Best match
61match

Wins on wellness and families with your weighting.

La Spezia
51match

Wins on getting around and day trips 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

La Spezia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
20 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AntalyaLa Spezia

Where the figures come from

La Spezia's temperatures are measured 65 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

La Spezia 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). La Spezia: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (64.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaLa Spezia
Official languageTurkishItalian
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation30 m3 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaLa Spezia
City population2,426,35692,119
People per km²1,7121,792
Museums within 10 km512
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. 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.