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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Antalya or Oaxaca?

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
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Oaxaca for

  • food and drink
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Oaxaca’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, Oaxaca 5: Antalya leads by 77 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, Oaxaca 84: Oaxaca leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, Oaxaca 74: Oaxaca leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, Oaxaca 40: Antalya leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, Oaxaca 62: Antalya leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, Oaxaca 65: Antalya leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, Oaxaca 40: Antalya leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, Oaxaca 55: Oaxaca leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, Oaxaca 62: Oaxaca leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, Oaxaca 77: Oaxaca leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, Oaxaca 38: Antalya leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, Oaxaca 50: Antalya leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and Oaxaca.

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 families with your weighting.

Oaxaca
54match

Wins on food and drink and culture and sights 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

Oaxaca in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AntalyaOaxaca

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 km from centre). Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaOaxaca
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 m1,555 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaOaxaca
City population2,426,356258,913
People per km²1,7123,028
Museums within 10 km510
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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.