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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
The cathedral above the old town, Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de CompostelaThe cathedral above the old town

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; Santiago de Compostela by Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga), CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Antalya or Santiago de Compostela?

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
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Santiago de Compostela for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Santiago de Compostela’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, Santiago de Compostela 32: Antalya leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, Santiago de Compostela 68: Santiago de Compostela leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, Santiago de Compostela 70: Santiago de Compostela leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, Santiago de Compostela 45: Antalya leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, Santiago de Compostela 62: Antalya leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, Santiago de Compostela 72: Antalya leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, Santiago de Compostela 42: Antalya leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, Santiago de Compostela 70: Santiago de Compostela leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, Santiago de Compostela 35: Antalya leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, Santiago de Compostela 64: Santiago de Compostela leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya and Santiago de Compostela are level on 40.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, Santiago de Compostela 42: Antalya leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and Santiago de Compostela.

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 families with your weighting.

Santiago de Compostela
54match

Wins on getting around 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

Santiago de Compostela in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
41 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AntalyaSantiago de Compostela

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 km from centre). Santiago de Compostela: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago / Labacolla (8.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaSantiago de Compostela
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 m260 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsSantiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (SCQ)10 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaSantiago de Compostela
City population2,426,356100,965
People per km²1,712459
Museums within 10 km56
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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.