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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
The yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo, Merida
MeridaThe yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; Merida by Mariposa2723, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Antalya or Merida?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • families

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

Choose Merida for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Merida’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, Merida 50: Antalya leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, Merida 72: Merida leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, Merida 64: Merida leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, Merida 42: Antalya leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, Merida 48: Antalya leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, Merida 80: Merida leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, Merida 50: Antalya leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, Merida 45: Antalya leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, Merida 50: Merida leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, Merida 75: Merida leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, Merida 52: Merida leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, Merida 40: Antalya leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and Merida.

Your match

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

Antalya
Best match
61match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches with your weighting.

Merida
56match

Wins on food and drink 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

Merida in July

35 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
148 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
27 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AntalyaMerida

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 km from centre). Merida: 1991-2020 normals, Merida / lic Manuel Crecencio (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaMerida
Official languageTurkishSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation30 m12 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsManuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport (MID)5 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaMerida
City population2,426,356892,363
People per km²1,7121,010
Museums within 10 km55
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months12 months

Where else could you go?

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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.