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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
The pastel houses of Rainbow Row, Charleston
CharlestonThe pastel houses of Rainbow Row

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Charleston by NealVickers, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antwerp or Charleston?

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
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Charleston for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Charleston’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, Charleston 72: Charleston leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Charleston 72: Charleston leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Charleston 64: Antwerp leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Charleston 44: Antwerp leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Charleston 55: Charleston leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Charleston 62: Antwerp leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Charleston 60: Antwerp leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Charleston 46: Antwerp leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Charleston 55: Antwerp leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Charleston 27: Antwerp leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Charleston 42: Antwerp leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Charleston 40: Charleston leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Charleston.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Antwerp
55match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Charleston
53match

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

Charleston in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
167 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °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). Charleston: 1991-2020 normals, Charleston Airport (16.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpCharleston
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-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation7 m6 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsCharleston International Airport (CHS)16 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpCharleston
City population529,247150,227
People per km²2,542532
Museums within 10 km3819
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km90
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 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.