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The old harbour in Kaleiçi, Antalya
AntalyaThe old harbour in Kaleiçi
Ca' d'Zan, the Ringling mansion on Sarasota Bay, Sarasota
SarasotaCa' d'Zan, the Ringling mansion on Sarasota Bay

Photos: Antalya by Furkan Tumer, Pexels License; Sarasota by Oleg Yunakov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antalya or Sarasota?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Sarasota for

  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Sarasota’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, Sarasota 86: Sarasota leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Antalya 57, Sarasota 44: Antalya leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Antalya 55, Sarasota 45: Antalya leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Antalya 48, Sarasota 28: Antalya leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antalya 83, Sarasota 55: Antalya leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Antalya 78, Sarasota 50: Antalya leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Antalya 74, Sarasota 68: Antalya leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Antalya 50, Sarasota 28: Antalya leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Antalya 44, Sarasota 40: Antalya leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Antalya 62, Sarasota 30: Antalya leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antalya 40, Sarasota 58: Sarasota leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antalya 62, Sarasota 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 Sarasota.

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 nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Sarasota
48match

Wins on live music and the arts and beaches 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

Sarasota in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
195 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Sarasota 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.

Sarasota's sunshine is measured 70 km from the centre, at Tampa International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antalya: 1991-2020 normals, Antalya (23.4 km from centre). Sarasota: 2006-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sarasota / Ballentine Manor (6.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntalyaSarasota
Official languageTurkish-
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation30 m7 m
Main airportAntalya International Airport (AYT)9 km from centre172 non-stop destinationsSarasota Bradenton International Airport (SRQ)7 km from centre70 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntalyaSarasota
City population2,426,35654,842
People per km²1,712840
Museums within 10 km53
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months8 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.