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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antwerp or Belgrade?

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
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Belgrade for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Belgrade’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, Belgrade 40: Belgrade leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Belgrade 60: Antwerp leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Belgrade 52: Antwerp leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Belgrade 80: Belgrade leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Belgrade 50: Belgrade leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Belgrade 60: Antwerp leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Belgrade 45: Antwerp leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Belgrade 55: Antwerp leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Belgrade 42: Antwerp leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Belgrade 70: Belgrade leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Belgrade 55: Antwerp leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp and Belgrade are level on 30.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Belgrade.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Antwerp
55match

Wins on shopping and day trips with your weighting.

Belgrade
53match

Wins on prices and beaches 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

Belgrade in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
67 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antwerp: 1991-2020 normals, Antwerpen / Deurne (5.2 km from centre). Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpBelgrade
Official languageFrench, German, DutchSerbian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Serbian Dinar (RSD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112Police 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193
Elevation7 m117 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpBelgrade
City population529,2471,197,714
People per km²2,5423,327
Museums within 10 km3865
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. 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.