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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
A cobbled street of painted houses in the old town, San Miguel de Allende
San Miguel de AllendeA cobbled street of painted houses in the old town

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; San Miguel de Allende by Russ Bowling, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Antalya or San Miguel de Allende?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose San Miguel de Allende for

  • shopping
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on San Miguel de Allende’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 Miguel de Allende 4: Antalya leads by 78 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, San Miguel de Allende 62: San Miguel de Allende leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, San Miguel de Allende 62: San Miguel de Allende leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, San Miguel de Allende 38: Antalya leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, San Miguel de Allende 40: Antalya leads by 43 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, San Miguel de Allende 77: Antalya leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, San Miguel de Allende 32: Antalya leads by 42 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, San Miguel de Allende 48: Antalya leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, San Miguel de Allende 55: San Miguel de Allende leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, San Miguel de Allende 50: Antalya leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya and San Miguel de Allende are level on 40.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, San Miguel de Allende 66: San Miguel de Allende leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and San Miguel de Allende.

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 nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

San Miguel de Allende
48match

Wins on shopping and culture and sights 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 Miguel de Allende in July

29 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
132 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

San Miguel de Allende's temperatures are measured 54 km from the centre, at Guanajuato, Gto..

San Miguel de Allende 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). San Miguel de Allende: 1991-2020 normals, Guanajuato, Gto. (53.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaSan Miguel de Allende
Official languageTurkishSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation30 m1,900 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsGuanajuato International Airport (BJX)77 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaSan Miguel de Allende
City population2,426,35669,811
People per km²1,712-
Museums within 10 km52
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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.