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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
Lion's Head above Clifton Beach, Cape Town
Cape TownLion's Head above Clifton Beach

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Cape Town by Stephan Louis, Pexels License.

Antwerp or Cape Town?

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

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • day trips

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

Choose Cape Town for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Cape Town’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, Cape Town 58: Cape Town leads by 43 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Cape Town 72: Cape Town leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Cape Town 60: Antwerp leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Cape Town 60: Cape Town leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Cape Town 98: Cape Town leads by 65 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Cape Town 68: Antwerp leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Cape Town 58: Antwerp leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Cape Town 35: Antwerp leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Cape Town 50: Antwerp leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Cape Town 72: Cape Town leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Cape Town 52: Antwerp leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Cape Town 45: Cape Town leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Cape Town.

Your match

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

Antwerp
55match

Wins on getting around and shopping with your weighting.

Cape Town
Best match
61match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches 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

Cape Town in July

18 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
89 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
10 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). Cape Town: 1991-2020 normals, Cape Town Airport (17.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpCape Town
Official languageFrench, German, DutchEnglish, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Venda, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Southern Ndebele, South African Sign Language
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Rand (ZAR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCMN230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m5 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsCape Town International Airport (CPT)18 km from centre45 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpCape Town
City population529,2473,776,313
People per km²2,5421,538
Museums within 10 km3822
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km93
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.