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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
Wat Chiang Man in the old city, Chiang Mai
Chiang MaiWat Chiang Man in the old city

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Chiang Mai by Gije Cho, Pexels License.

Antwerp or Chiang Mai?

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
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Chiang Mai for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Chiang Mai’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, Chiang Mai 6: Antwerp leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Chiang Mai 78: Chiang Mai leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Chiang Mai 65: Antwerp leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Chiang Mai 45: Antwerp leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Chiang Mai 73: Chiang Mai leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Chiang Mai 48: Antwerp leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Chiang Mai 55: Antwerp leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Chiang Mai 38: Antwerp leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Chiang Mai 62: Antwerp leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Chiang Mai 90: Chiang Mai leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Chiang Mai 30: Antwerp leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Chiang Mai 82: Chiang Mai leads by 52 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Chiang Mai.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Antwerp
55match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Chiang Mai
56match

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

Chiang Mai in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
13 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). Chiang Mai: 1991-2020 normals, Chiang Mai (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpChiang Mai
Official languageFrench, German, DutchThai
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Baht (THB)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzABCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199
Elevation7 m310 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsChiang Mai International Airport (CNX)3 km from centre28 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpChiang Mai
City population529,2471,198,000
People per km²2,5422,958
Museums within 10 km386
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.