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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
Botero sculptures on Plaza Botero, Medellin
MedellinBotero sculptures on Plaza Botero

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; Medellin by Steffen Schmitz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antalya or Medellin?

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
  • families

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

Choose Medellin for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Medellin’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, Medellin 5: Antalya leads by 77 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, Medellin 58: Medellin leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, Medellin 42: Antalya leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, Medellin 76: Medellin leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, Medellin 66: Antalya leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, Medellin 58: Antalya leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, Medellin 50: Antalya leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, Medellin 55: Medellin leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, Medellin 45: Medellin leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, Medellin 80: Medellin leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, Medellin 42: Medellin leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, Medellin 30: Antalya leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and Medellin.

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.

Medellin
51match

Wins on nightlife and prices 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

Medellin in July

29 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
133 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Medellin 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). Medellin: 1958-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Medellin / Olaya Herrera (5.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaMedellin
Official languageTurkishSpanish
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Colombian Peso (COP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-5
Emergency number112123
Elevation30 m1,405 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsJose Maria Córdova International Airport (MDE)19 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days19 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaMedellin
City population2,426,3562,529,403
People per km²1,7126,644
Museums within 10 km514
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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.