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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
The Parthenon on the Acropolis, Athens
AthensThe Parthenon on the Acropolis

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Athens by Ranjeet Kumar Singh, Pexels License.

Antwerp or Athens?

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

  • shopping
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Athens for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Athens’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, Athens 70: Athens leads by 55 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Athens 78: Athens leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Athens 88: Athens leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Athens 80: Athens leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Athens 64: Athens leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Athens 85: Antwerp leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Athens 58: Antwerp leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Athens 66: Antwerp leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Athens 55: Antwerp leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Athens 56: Athens leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Athens 64: Athens leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Athens 42: Athens leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Athens.

Your match

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

Antwerp
55match

Wins on shopping and getting around with your weighting.

Athens
Best match
67match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Athens in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antwerp: 1991-2020 normals, Antwerpen / Deurne (5.2 km from centre). Athens: 1991-2020 normals, Athens / Athenai / Pláka (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpAthens
Official languageFrench, German, DutchGreek
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m74 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (ATH)20 km from centre173 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpAthens
City population529,247643,452
People per km²2,54216,499
Museums within 10 km3888
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km92
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.