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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License.

Antwerp or Berlin?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Berlin for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Berlin’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, Berlin 38: Berlin leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Berlin 66: Berlin leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Berlin 86: Berlin leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Berlin 98: Berlin leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Berlin 50: Berlin leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Berlin 66: Antwerp leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Berlin 76: Berlin leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Berlin 82: Berlin leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Berlin 68: Antwerp leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Berlin 48: Berlin leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Berlin 90: Berlin leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Berlin 55: Berlin leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Berlin.

Your match

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

Antwerp
55match

Wins on day trips and shopping with your weighting.

Berlin
Best match
69match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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

Berlin in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 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). Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpBerlin
Official languageFrench, German, DutchGerman
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m34 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpBerlin
City population529,2473,700,577
People per km²2,5424,153
Museums within 10 km38157
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km94

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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.