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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; Maastricht by Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antalya or Maastricht?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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

Choose Maastricht for

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Maastricht’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, Maastricht 8: Antalya leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, Maastricht 58: Maastricht leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, Maastricht 60: Maastricht leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, Maastricht 42: Antalya leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, Maastricht 58: Antalya leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, Maastricht 77: Antalya leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, Maastricht 55: Antalya leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, Maastricht 74: Maastricht leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, Maastricht 60: Maastricht leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, Maastricht 38: Antalya leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya and Maastricht are level on 40.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, Maastricht 52: Antalya leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and Maastricht.

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 nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Maastricht
52match

Wins on getting around 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

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AntalyaMaastricht

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 km from centre). Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaMaastricht
Official languageTurkishDutch
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation30 m49 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaMaastricht
City population2,426,356120,227
People per km²1,7122,000
Museums within 10 km521
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.