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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
The steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi, New Orleans
New OrleansThe steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; New Orleans by Bernard Spragg, CC0.

Antalya or New Orleans?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose New Orleans for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on New Orleans’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, New Orleans 14: Antalya leads by 68 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, New Orleans 84: New Orleans leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, New Orleans 67: New Orleans leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, New Orleans 85: New Orleans leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, New Orleans 42: Antalya leads by 41 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, New Orleans 52: Antalya leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, New Orleans 55: Antalya leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, New Orleans 55: New Orleans leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, New Orleans 54: New Orleans leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, New Orleans 40: Antalya leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, New Orleans 80: New Orleans leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, New Orleans 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 New Orleans.

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.

New Orleans
54match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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

New Orleans in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
169 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AntalyaNew Orleans

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 km from centre). New Orleans: 1991-2020 normals, New Orleans Airport (2.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaNew Orleans
Official languageTurkish-
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation30 m-2 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsLouis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)18 km from centre51 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaNew Orleans
City population2,426,356383,997
People per km²1,712423
Museums within 10 km516
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months7 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.