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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan, New York
New YorkBrooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; New York by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Antalya or New York?

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

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose New York for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on New York’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 York 50: Antalya leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, New York 92: New York leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, New York 89: New York leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, New York 97: New York leads by 49 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, New York 55: Antalya leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, New York 68: Antalya leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, New York 70: Antalya leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, New York 82: New York leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, New York 97: New York leads by 53 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, New York 12: Antalya leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, New York 99: New York leads by 59 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, New York 42: Antalya leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and New York.

Your match

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

Antalya
61match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

New York
Best match
71match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

New York in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
107 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
22 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AntalyaNew York

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 km from centre). New York: 1991-2020 normals, LaGuardia Airport (12.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaNew York
Official languageTurkish-
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation30 m25 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsJohn F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)21 km from centre189 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaNew York
City population2,426,3568,804,190
People per km²1,7127,256
Museums within 10 km5157
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months3 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.