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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
Bodrum Castle and gulets in the harbour, Bodrum
BodrumBodrum Castle and gulets in the harbour

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Bodrum by Serhio Magpie, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Antwerp or Bodrum?

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
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Bodrum for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Bodrum’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, Bodrum 80: Bodrum leads by 65 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Bodrum 60: Antwerp leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Bodrum 45: Antwerp leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Bodrum 65: Bodrum leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Bodrum 60: Bodrum leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Bodrum 72: Antwerp leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Bodrum 66: Bodrum leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Bodrum 42: Antwerp leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Bodrum 45: Antwerp leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Antwerp and Bodrum are level on 38.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Bodrum 32: Antwerp leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Bodrum 52: Bodrum leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Bodrum.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Antwerp
55match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

Bodrum
55match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Bodrum in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
24 °Csea
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.

Bodrum's temperatures are measured 43 km from the centre, at Kos Airport.

Bodrum 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). Bodrum: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Kos Airport (42.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpBodrum
Official languageFrench, German, DutchTurkish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m10 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsMilas Bodrum International Airport (BJV)32 km from centre83 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpBodrum
City population529,247175,000
People per km²2,542314
Museums within 10 km384
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km90
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.