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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
Santa Claus Village in winter, Rovaniemi
RovaniemiSanta Claus Village in winter

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; Rovaniemi by Moskenes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antalya or Rovaniemi?

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 Rovaniemi for

Rovaniemi does not lead in any category we score.

What lies behind each score is written up on Rovaniemi’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, Rovaniemi 10: Antalya leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, Rovaniemi 25: Antalya leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, Rovaniemi 22: Antalya leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, Rovaniemi 15: Antalya leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, Rovaniemi 78: Antalya leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, Rovaniemi 8: Antalya leads by 70 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, Rovaniemi 72: Antalya leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, Rovaniemi 36: Antalya leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, Rovaniemi 18: Antalya leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, Rovaniemi 18: Antalya leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, Rovaniemi 22: Antalya leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, Rovaniemi 60: Antalya leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and Rovaniemi.

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.

Rovaniemi
32match

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

Rovaniemi in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
22 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Rovaniemi 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). Rovaniemi: 2008-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Rovaniemi Rautatieasema / Kuusela (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaRovaniemi
Official languageTurkishFinnish, Swedish
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation30 m88 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsRovaniemi Airport (RVN)8 km from centre44 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaRovaniemi
City population2,426,35665,329
People per km²1,7129
Museums within 10 km56
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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.