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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
Main Street in winter with the mountains behind, Breckenridge
BreckenridgeMain Street in winter with the mountains behind

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Breckenridge by Jeff Gunn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Antwerp or Breckenridge?

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

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • day trips

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

Choose Breckenridge for

  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Breckenridge’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, Breckenridge 4: Antwerp leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Breckenridge 33: Antwerp leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Breckenridge 20: Antwerp leads by 53 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Breckenridge 30: Antwerp leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Breckenridge 90: Breckenridge leads by 57 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Breckenridge 44: Antwerp leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Breckenridge 60: Antwerp leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Breckenridge 62: Antwerp leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Breckenridge 25: Antwerp leads by 45 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Breckenridge 10: Antwerp leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Breckenridge 32: Antwerp leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp and Breckenridge are level on 30.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Breckenridge.

Your match

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

Antwerp
Best match
55match

Wins on culture and sights and shopping with your weighting.

Breckenridge
37match

Wins on 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

Breckenridge in July

21 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
41 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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.

Breckenridge's temperatures are measured 38 km from the centre, at Leadville / Stringtown.

Breckenridge 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). Breckenridge: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (37.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpBreckenridge
Official languageFrench, German, Dutch-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation7 m2,926 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsDenver International Airport (DEN)124 km from centre231 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpBreckenridge
City population529,2475,078
People per km²2,542332
Museums within 10 km380
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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.