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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
The CEC Palace on Calea Victoriei, Bucharest
BucharestThe CEC Palace on Calea Victoriei

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Bucharest by Jorge Láscar, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Antwerp or Bucharest?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Bucharest for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Bucharest’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, Bucharest 8: Antwerp leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Bucharest 55: Antwerp leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Bucharest 58: Antwerp leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Bucharest 70: Bucharest leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Bucharest 45: Bucharest leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Bucharest 52: Antwerp leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Bucharest 52: Antwerp leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Bucharest 52: Antwerp leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Bucharest 45: Antwerp leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Bucharest 70: Bucharest leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Bucharest 60: Bucharest leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Bucharest 47: Bucharest leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Bucharest.

Your match

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

Antwerp
Best match
55match

Wins on day trips and shopping with your weighting.

Bucharest
51match

Wins on prices and wellness 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

Bucharest in July

30 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
68 mmrain in the month
10 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). Bucharest: 1991-2020 normals, Bucuresti / Imh (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpBucharest
Official languageFrench, German, DutchRomanian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Romanian Leu (RON)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m70 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsBucharest Henri Coandă International Airport (OTP)18 km from centre121 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpBucharest
City population529,2471,716,961
People per km²2,5427,597
Museums within 10 km3841
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.