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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
Portofino and its bay from the hillside, Portofino
PortofinoPortofino and its bay from the hillside

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; Portofino by Michal Osmenda, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Antalya or Portofino?

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
  • families
  • nightlife

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

Choose Portofino for

Portofino does not lead in any category we score.

What lies behind each score is written up on Portofino’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, Portofino 60: Antalya leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, Portofino 36: Antalya leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, Portofino 22: Antalya leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, Portofino 14: Antalya leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, Portofino 77: Antalya leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, Portofino 76: Antalya leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, Portofino 33: Antalya leads by 41 points.
Getting around. Antalya and Portofino are level on 50.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, Portofino 29: Antalya leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, Portofino 9: Antalya leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, Portofino 7: Antalya leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, Portofino 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 Portofino.

Your match

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

Antalya
Best match
61match

Wins on prices and families with your weighting.

Portofino
38match

Has no clear advantage with the weighting you have chosen.

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

Portofino in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Portofino's temperatures are measured 31 km from the centre, at Genova / Sestri.

Portofino has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 km from centre). Portofino: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (31 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaPortofino
Official languageTurkishItalian
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation30 m20 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)32 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaPortofino
City population2,426,356355
People per km²1,712142
Museums within 10 km514
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months4 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.