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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Antalya or Nairobi?

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
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose Nairobi for

  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Nairobi’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, Nairobi 4: Antalya leads by 78 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, Nairobi 48: Antalya leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, Nairobi 35: Antalya leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, Nairobi 58: Nairobi leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, Nairobi 84: Nairobi leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, Nairobi 28: Antalya leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, Nairobi 55: Antalya leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, Nairobi 20: Antalya leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, Nairobi 45: Nairobi leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, Nairobi 60: Antalya leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, Nairobi 35: Antalya leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, Nairobi 25: Antalya leads by 37 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and Nairobi.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Nairobi
41match

Wins on nightlife and nature and the outdoors 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

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AntalyaNairobi

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 km from centre). Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaNairobi
Official languageTurkishEnglish, Swahili
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+3
Emergency number112Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation30 m1,661 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaNairobi
City population2,426,3565,545,000
People per km²1,7127,967
Museums within 10 km54
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.