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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
The Winchester Mystery House, San Jose
San JoseThe Winchester Mystery House

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; San Jose by Roxanna Salceda, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Antalya or San Jose?

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 Jose for

  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on San Jose’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 30: Antalya leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, San Jose 56: Antalya leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, San Jose 36: Antalya leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, San Jose 33: Antalya leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, San Jose 72: Antalya leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Antalya and San Jose are level on 78.
Good for families. Antalya 74, San Jose 65: Antalya leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, San Jose 30: Antalya leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, San Jose 48: San Jose leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, San Jose 20: Antalya leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, San Jose 38: Antalya leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, San Jose 30: Antalya leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and San Jose.

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 prices with your weighting.

San Jose
45match

Wins on shopping 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 Jose in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AntalyaSan Jose

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 km from centre). San Jose: 1991-2020 normals, San Jose / Santa Clara Trailer Village (8.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaSan Jose
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 m25 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsMineta San Jose International Airport (SJC)8 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaSan Jose
City population2,426,3561,013,240
People per km²1,7122,167
Museums within 10 km519
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.