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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
The Metropolitan Cathedral of San Jose, San Jose, Costa Rica
San Jose, Costa RicaThe Metropolitan Cathedral of San Jose

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; San Jose, Costa Rica by Bernard Gagnon, CC0.

Antalya or San Jose, Costa Rica?

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
  • wellness
  • families

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

Choose San Jose, Costa Rica for

San Jose, Costa Rica does not lead in any category we score.

What lies behind each score is written up on San Jose, Costa Rica’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 Jose, Costa Rica 12: Antalya leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, San Jose, Costa Rica 42: Antalya leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, San Jose, Costa Rica 38: Antalya leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, San Jose, Costa Rica 40: Antalya leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, San Jose, Costa Rica 78: Antalya leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, San Jose, Costa Rica 52: Antalya leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, San Jose, Costa Rica 44: Antalya leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, San Jose, Costa Rica 30: Antalya leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, San Jose, Costa Rica 36: Antalya leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, San Jose, Costa Rica 54: Antalya leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, San Jose, Costa Rica 38: Antalya leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, San Jose, Costa Rica 28: Antalya leads by 34 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and San Jose, Costa Rica.

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 wellness with your weighting.

San Jose, Costa Rica
41match

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

San Jose, Costa Rica in July

28 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
173 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AntalyaSan Jose, Costa Rica

Where the figures come from

San Jose, Costa Rica's station stands 241 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 km from centre). San Jose, Costa Rica: 1991-2020 normals, Juan Santamaria (16.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaSan Jose, Costa Rica
Official languageTurkishSpanish
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Costa Rican Colon (CRC)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation30 m1,161 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsJuan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)16 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaSan Jose, Costa Rica
City population2,426,356335,007
People per km²1,7127,511
Museums within 10 km59
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.