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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped.

Antwerp or Cadiz?

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
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

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

Choose Cadiz for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Cadiz’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, Cadiz 80: Cadiz leads by 65 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Cadiz 68: Cadiz leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Cadiz 62: Antwerp leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Cadiz 45: Antwerp leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Cadiz 66: Cadiz leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Cadiz 80: Antwerp leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Cadiz 60: Antwerp leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Cadiz 70: Antwerp leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Cadiz 35: Antwerp leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Cadiz 58: Cadiz leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Cadiz 52: Antwerp leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Cadiz 42: Cadiz leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Cadiz.

Your match

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

Antwerp
55match

Wins on shopping and culture and sights with your weighting.

Cadiz
Best match
60match

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

Cadiz in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 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). Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpCadiz
Official languageFrench, German, DutchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m11 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpCadiz
City population529,247109,950
People per km²2,5429,087
Museums within 10 km3811
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km90
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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. 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.