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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
Galena Street with the runs of Aspen Mountain, Aspen
AspenGalena Street with the runs of Aspen Mountain

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Aspen by Moroder, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Antwerp or Aspen?

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 Antwerp for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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

Choose Aspen for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Aspen’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. Antwerp 15, Aspen 6: Antwerp leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Aspen 45: Antwerp leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Aspen 22: Antwerp leads by 51 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Aspen 40: Antwerp leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Aspen 95: Aspen leads by 62 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Aspen 30: Antwerp leads by 56 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Aspen 55: Antwerp leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Aspen 72: Antwerp leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Aspen 50: Antwerp leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Aspen 5: Antwerp leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Aspen 50: Antwerp leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Aspen 50: Aspen leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Aspen.

Your match

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

Antwerp
Best match
55match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Aspen
43match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Antwerp in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Aspen in July

27 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
33 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Antwerp 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.

Antwerp's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Uccle.

Aspen 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antwerp: 1991-2020 normals, Antwerpen / Deurne (5.2 km from centre). Aspen: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Aspen / Woody Creek (5.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpAspen
Official languageFrench, German, Dutch-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation7 m2,405 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsAspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) (ASE)5 km from centre11 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpAspen
City population529,2477,004
People per km²2,542700
Museums within 10 km382
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km90

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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. 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.