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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
The Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
BordeauxThe Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antwerp or Bordeaux?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Bordeaux for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Bordeaux’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, Bordeaux 50: Bordeaux leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Bordeaux 78: Bordeaux leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Bordeaux 68: Antwerp leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Bordeaux 50: Antwerp leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Bordeaux 58: Bordeaux leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Bordeaux 78: Antwerp leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Bordeaux 57: Antwerp leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Bordeaux 76: Bordeaux leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Bordeaux 56: Antwerp leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Bordeaux 42: Bordeaux leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Bordeaux 55: Antwerp leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Bordeaux 40: Bordeaux leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Bordeaux.

Your match

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

Antwerp
55match

Wins on shopping and day trips with your weighting.

Bordeaux
Best match
59match

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
16 hdaylight a day

Bordeaux in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
47 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antwerp: 1991-2020 normals, Antwerpen / Deurne (5.2 km from centre). Bordeaux: 1991-2020 normals, Bordeaux / Merignac (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpBordeaux
Official languageFrench, German, DutchFrench
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m1 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsBordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpBordeaux
City population529,247267,991
People per km²2,5425,425
Museums within 10 km3818
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.