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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
The Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier, Los Angeles
Los AngelesThe Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; Los Angeles by Domenico Convertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Antalya or Los Angeles?

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

  • prices
  • getting around
  • beaches

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

Choose Los Angeles for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Los Angeles’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, Los Angeles 60: Antalya leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, Los Angeles 84: Los Angeles leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, Los Angeles 66: Los Angeles leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, Los Angeles 67: Los Angeles leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, Los Angeles 80: Antalya leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, Los Angeles 60: Antalya leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, Los Angeles 84: Los Angeles leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, Los Angeles 25: Antalya leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, Los Angeles 80: Los Angeles leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, Los Angeles 24: Antalya leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, Los Angeles 83: Los Angeles leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, Los Angeles 60: Antalya leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and Los Angeles.

Your match

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

Antalya
61match

Wins on prices and getting around with your weighting.

Los Angeles
Best match
64match

Wins on live music and the arts and shopping 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

Los Angeles in July

24 °Cdaytime high
18 °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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AntalyaLos Angeles

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 km from centre). Los Angeles: 1991-2020 normals, Los Angeles Airport (18.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaLos Angeles
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 m106 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsLos Angeles International Airport (LAX)19 km from centre177 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaLos Angeles
City population2,426,3563,898,747
People per km²1,7122,994
Museums within 10 km539
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.