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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
Parliament Hill across the Ottawa River, Ottawa
OttawaParliament Hill across the Ottawa River

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; Ottawa by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Antalya or Ottawa?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Ottawa for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Ottawa’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, Ottawa 35: Antalya leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, Ottawa 45: Antalya leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, Ottawa 62: Ottawa leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, Ottawa 35: Antalya leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, Ottawa 68: Antalya leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, Ottawa 55: Antalya leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, Ottawa 68: Antalya leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, Ottawa 62: Ottawa leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, Ottawa 40: Antalya leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, Ottawa 40: Antalya leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, Ottawa 52: Ottawa leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, Ottawa 55: Antalya leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and Ottawa.

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.

Ottawa
51match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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

Ottawa in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AntalyaOttawa

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 km from centre). Ottawa: 1991-2020 normals, Ottawa CDA RCS (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaOttawa
Official languageTurkishFrench, English
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation30 m70 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsOttawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW)12 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaOttawa
City population2,426,3561,017,449
People per km²1,712366
Museums within 10 km520
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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.