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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
The old Bath House in the Government Gardens, Rotorua
RotoruaThe old Bath House in the Government Gardens

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; Rotorua by W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antalya or Rotorua?

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
  • nightlife
  • day trips

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

Choose Rotorua for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Rotorua’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, Rotorua 33: Antalya leads by 49 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, Rotorua 33: Antalya leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, Rotorua 38: Antalya leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, Rotorua 14: Antalya leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, Rotorua 86: Rotorua leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, Rotorua 45: Antalya leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, Rotorua 68: Antalya leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, Rotorua 30: Antalya leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, Rotorua 22: Antalya leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, Rotorua 36: Antalya leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, Rotorua 30: Antalya leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, Rotorua 86: Rotorua leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and Rotorua.

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 nightlife with your weighting.

Rotorua
43match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors 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

Rotorua in July

11 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
113 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Rotorua has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 km from centre). Rotorua: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaRotorua
Official languageTurkishEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number112111
Elevation30 m280 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsRotorua Regional Airport (ROT)7 km from centre3 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaRotorua
City population2,426,35658,500
People per km²1,71222
Museums within 10 km51
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 monthsNone

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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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.