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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
The Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica
Santa MonicaThe Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; Santa Monica by Domenico Convertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Antalya or Santa Monica?

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
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

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

Choose Santa Monica for

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Santa Monica’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, Santa Monica 66: Antalya leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, Santa Monica 60: Santa Monica leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, Santa Monica 35: Antalya leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, Santa Monica 38: Antalya leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, Santa Monica 72: Antalya leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, Santa Monica 64: Antalya leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, Santa Monica 70: Antalya leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, Santa Monica 52: Santa Monica leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, Santa Monica 56: Santa Monica leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, Santa Monica 14: Antalya leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, Santa Monica 38: Antalya leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, Santa Monica 45: Antalya leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and Santa Monica.

Your match

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

Antalya
Best match
61match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Santa Monica
51match

Wins on shopping 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

Santa Monica in July

24 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AntalyaSanta Monica

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 km from centre). Santa Monica: 1991-2020 normals, Los Angeles Airport (13.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaSanta Monica
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 m32 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsLos Angeles International Airport (LAX)11 km from centre177 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaSanta Monica
City population2,426,35693,076
People per km²1,7124,270
Museums within 10 km519
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.