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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
Haedong Yonggungsa temple on the rocks by the sea, Busan
BusanHaedong Yonggungsa temple on the rocks by the sea

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Busan by Andrea De Santis, Pexels License.

Antwerp or Busan?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

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

Choose Busan for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Busan’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, Busan 68: Busan leads by 53 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Busan 72: Busan leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Busan 52: Antwerp leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Busan 60: Busan leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Busan 74: Busan leads by 41 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Busan 74: Antwerp leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Busan 70: Busan leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Busan 68: Antwerp leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Busan 60: Antwerp leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Busan 56: Busan leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Busan 42: Antwerp leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Busan 78: Busan leads by 48 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Busan.

Your match

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

Antwerp
55match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Busan
Best match
65match

Wins on beaches 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
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Busan in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
352 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antwerp: 1991-2020 normals, Antwerpen / Deurne (5.2 km from centre). Busan: 1991-2020 normals, Pusan (9.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpBusan
Official languageFrench, German, DutchKorean, Korean Sign Language
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Won (KRW)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 112, ambulance 119, fire 119
Elevation7 m30 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsGimhae International Airport (PUS)12 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpBusan
City population529,2473,453,198
People per km²2,5424,486
Museums within 10 km387
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km93
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.