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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
San FranciscoThe Golden Gate Bridge

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; San Francisco by Elijah Cobb, Pexels License.

Antalya or San Francisco?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose San Francisco for

  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on San Francisco’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, San Francisco 25: Antalya leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, San Francisco 82: San Francisco leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, San Francisco 68: San Francisco leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, San Francisco 58: San Francisco leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, San Francisco 80: Antalya leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, San Francisco 72: Antalya leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, San Francisco 66: Antalya leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, San Francisco 70: San Francisco leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, San Francisco 58: San Francisco leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, San Francisco 14: Antalya leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, San Francisco 76: San Francisco leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, San Francisco 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 San Francisco.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Antalya
61match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

San Francisco
59match

Wins on live music and the arts and food and drink 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

San Francisco in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AntalyaSan Francisco

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 km from centre). San Francisco: 1981-2010 normals, Alameda Naval Air Station (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaSan Francisco
Official languageTurkish-
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation30 m16 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsSan Francisco International Airport (SFO)18 km from centre142 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaSan Francisco
City population2,426,356873,965
People per km²1,7121,455
Museums within 10 km551
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. 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.