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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
The terrace on Cerro Santa Lucía, Santiago
SantiagoThe terrace on Cerro Santa Lucía

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; Santiago by Rjcastillo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antalya or Santiago?

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
  • wellness
  • families

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

Choose Santiago for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Santiago’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 12: Antalya leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, Santiago 60: Santiago leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, Santiago 52: Antalya leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, Santiago 60: Santiago leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya and Santiago are level on 83.
Day trips. Antalya 78, Santiago 70: Antalya leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, Santiago 57: Antalya leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, Santiago 68: Santiago leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, Santiago 52: Santiago leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, Santiago 58: Antalya leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, Santiago 55: Santiago leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, Santiago 37: Antalya leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antalya and Santiago.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Santiago
55match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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 in July

14 °Cdaytime high
4 °Cnight-time low
52 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AntalyaSantiago

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 km from centre). Santiago: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago Q. Normal (3.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaSantiago
Official languageTurkishSpanish
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation30 m575 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)14 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaSantiago
City population2,426,3566,257,516
People per km²1,7127,468
Museums within 10 km554
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.