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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
The Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, Paris
ParisThe Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; Paris by Efrem Efre, Pexels License.

Antalya or Paris?

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
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Paris for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Paris’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, Paris 9: Antalya leads by 73 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, Paris 96: Paris leads by 39 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, Paris 97: Paris leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, Paris 80: Paris leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, Paris 52: Antalya leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, Paris 92: Paris leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, Paris 79: Paris leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, Paris 88: Paris leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, Paris 98: Paris leads by 54 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, Paris 25: Antalya leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, Paris 88: Paris leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, Paris 40: Antalya leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and Paris.

Your match

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

Antalya
61match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Paris
Best match
70match

Wins on shopping 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

Paris in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 km from centre). Paris: 1991-2020 normals, Paris-Montsouris (4.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaParis
Official languageTurkishFrench
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation30 m27 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsCharles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)22 km from centre277 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaParis
City population2,426,3562,103,778
People per km²1,71219,960
Museums within 10 km5251
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
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.