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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
The Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta
AtlantaThe Georgia State Capitol

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Atlanta by DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antwerp or Atlanta?

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

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • shopping

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

Choose Atlanta for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Atlanta’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, Atlanta 10: Antwerp leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Atlanta 68: Atlanta leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Atlanta 55: Antwerp leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Atlanta 65: Atlanta leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Atlanta 60: Atlanta leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Atlanta 52: Antwerp leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Atlanta 70: Atlanta leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Atlanta 28: Antwerp leads by 47 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Atlanta 50: Antwerp leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Atlanta 40: Atlanta leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Atlanta 62: Atlanta leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Atlanta 33: Atlanta leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Atlanta.

Your match

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

Antwerp
Best match
55match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Atlanta
49match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and nightlife 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

Atlanta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
120 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
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

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.

Atlanta 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). Atlanta: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Atlanta / Carroll Heights (12.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpAtlanta
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-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation7 m225 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)14 km from centre238 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpAtlanta
City population529,247498,715
People per km²2,5421,433
Museums within 10 km3827
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.