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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
Skiers among snow-covered firs, Beaver Creek
Beaver CreekSkiers among snow-covered firs

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Beaver Creek by Joe Lin, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Antwerp or Beaver Creek?

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

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • day trips

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

Choose Beaver Creek for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Beaver Creek’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, Beaver Creek 6: Antwerp leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Beaver Creek 38: Antwerp leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Beaver Creek 7: Antwerp leads by 66 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Beaver Creek 12: Antwerp leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Beaver Creek 90: Beaver Creek leads by 57 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Beaver Creek 40: Antwerp leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Antwerp and Beaver Creek are level on 62.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Beaver Creek 45: Antwerp leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Beaver Creek 22: Antwerp leads by 48 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Beaver Creek 5: Antwerp leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Beaver Creek 36: Antwerp leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Beaver Creek 55: Beaver Creek leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Beaver Creek.

Your match

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

Antwerp
Best match
55match

Wins on culture and sights and shopping with your weighting.

Beaver Creek
35match

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

Beaver Creek in July

29 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
31 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.

Beaver Creek's temperatures are measured 34 km from the centre, at Eagle County / Gypsum.

Beaver Creek's station stands 268 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Beaver Creek 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). Beaver Creek: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Eagle County / Gypsum (33.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpBeaver Creek
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 m2,264 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsEagle County Regional Airport (EGE)34 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpBeaver Creek
City population529,247-
People per km²2,542-
Museums within 10 km380
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.