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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
Clearwater Beach in evening light, with its hotels and pier, Clearwater
ClearwaterClearwater Beach in evening light, with its hotels and pier

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Clearwater by ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Antwerp or Clearwater?

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
  • getting around
  • shopping

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

Choose Clearwater for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Clearwater’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, Clearwater 90: Clearwater leads by 75 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Clearwater 38: Antwerp leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Clearwater 18: Antwerp leads by 55 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Clearwater 34: Antwerp leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Clearwater 55: Clearwater leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Clearwater 58: Antwerp leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Clearwater 78: Clearwater leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Clearwater 28: Antwerp leads by 47 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Clearwater 27: Antwerp leads by 43 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Clearwater 35: Antwerp leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Clearwater 36: Antwerp leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Clearwater 40: Clearwater leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Clearwater.

Your match

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

Antwerp
Best match
55match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

Clearwater
45match

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

Clearwater in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
188 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °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.

Clearwater 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.

Clearwater's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Tampa International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antwerp: 1991-2020 normals, Antwerpen / Deurne (5.2 km from centre). Clearwater: 2006-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Saint Petersburg / High Point (12.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpClearwater
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 m9 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpClearwater
City population529,247117,292
People per km²2,5421,154
Museums within 10 km384
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km90
Swim season, months above 21 °C-8 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.