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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
La Concha beach and Monte Urgull, San Sebastian
San SebastianLa Concha beach and Monte Urgull

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; San Sebastian by Guérin Nicolas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Antalya or San Sebastian?

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

  • prices
  • beaches
  • wellness

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

Choose San Sebastian for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on San Sebastian’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 Sebastian 68: Antalya leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, San Sebastian 88: San Sebastian leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, San Sebastian 52: Antalya leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, San Sebastian 44: Antalya leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, San Sebastian 72: Antalya leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, San Sebastian 80: San Sebastian leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, San Sebastian 66: Antalya leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, San Sebastian 80: San Sebastian leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, San Sebastian 40: Antalya leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, San Sebastian 32: Antalya leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, San Sebastian 45: San Sebastian leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, San Sebastian 50: Antalya leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and San Sebastian.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Antalya
61match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

San Sebastian
60match

Wins on food and drink and getting around 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 Sebastian in July

22 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
92 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 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 Sebastian's station stands 252 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer 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 Sebastian: 1991-2020 normals, San Sebastian / Igueldo (6.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaSan Sebastian
Official languageTurkishSpanish
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation30 m6 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsSan Sebastián Airport (EAS)16 km from centre11 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaSan Sebastian
City population2,426,356189,866
People per km²1,7123,118
Museums within 10 km514
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months2 months

Where else could you go?

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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.