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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
The island church from the lakeshore, Bled
BledThe island church from the lakeshore

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Bled by Philipp Schwarz, Pexels License.

Antwerp or Bled?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Bled for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Bled’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, Bled 50: Bled leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Bled 20: Antwerp leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Bled 22: Antwerp leads by 51 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Bled 5: Antwerp leads by 51 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Bled 86: Bled leads by 53 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Bled 70: Antwerp leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Bled 60: Antwerp leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Bled 58: Antwerp leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Bled 5: Antwerp leads by 65 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Bled 45: Bled leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Bled 5: Antwerp leads by 53 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Bled 55: Bled leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Bled.

Your match

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

Antwerp
Best match
55match

Wins on shopping and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Bled
40match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Bled in July

27 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
154 mmrain in the month
8 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.

Bled's temperatures are measured 36 km from the centre, at Klagenfurt.

Bled 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). Bled: 1991-2020 normals, Klagenfurt (35.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpBled
Official languageFrench, German, DutchSlovene
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 m501 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)31 km from centre32 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpBled
City population529,2474,969
People per km²2,54226
Museums within 10 km384
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km93

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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.