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The Château Grimaldi, home of the Musée Picasso, on the sea walls, Antibes
AntibesThe Château Grimaldi, home of the Musée Picasso, on the sea walls
Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade

Photos: Antibes by Johan Allard, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License.

Antibes or Izmir?

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 Antibes for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Izmir for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Izmir’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. Antibes 80, Izmir 62: Antibes leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Antibes 50, Izmir 72: Izmir leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Antibes 42, Izmir 55: Izmir leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Antibes 40, Izmir 60: Izmir leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antibes 70, Izmir 66: Antibes leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Antibes 88, Izmir 86: Antibes leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Antibes and Izmir are level on 55.
Getting around. Antibes 62, Izmir 63: Izmir leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Antibes 35, Izmir 55: Izmir leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Antibes 30, Izmir 66: Izmir leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antibes 35, Izmir 48: Izmir leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antibes 40, Izmir 57: Izmir leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antibes and Izmir.

Your match

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

Antibes
52match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Izmir
Best match
62match

Wins on prices 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.

Antibes in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Izmir in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antibes: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (9.9 km from centre). Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntibesIzmir
Official languageFrenchTurkish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m2 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)11 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntibesIzmir
City population77,6374,493,242
People per km²2,9304,760
Museums within 10 km1429
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months5 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). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.