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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
Cocoa Beach Pier behind yellow parasols, Cocoa Beach
Cocoa BeachCocoa Beach Pier behind yellow parasols

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Cocoa Beach by Benoît Prieur, CC0.

Antwerp or Cocoa Beach?

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 Cocoa Beach for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Cocoa Beach’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, Cocoa Beach 80: Cocoa Beach leads by 65 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Cocoa Beach 32: Antwerp leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Cocoa Beach 12: Antwerp leads by 61 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Cocoa Beach 27: Antwerp leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Cocoa Beach 62: Cocoa Beach leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Cocoa Beach 52: Antwerp leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Cocoa Beach 72: Cocoa Beach leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Cocoa Beach 22: Antwerp leads by 53 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Cocoa Beach 20: Antwerp leads by 50 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Cocoa Beach 40: Cocoa Beach leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Cocoa Beach 14: Antwerp leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp and Cocoa Beach are level on 30.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Cocoa Beach.

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.

Cocoa Beach
39match

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

Cocoa Beach in July

30 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
147 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.

Cocoa Beach 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antwerp: 1991-2020 normals, Antwerpen / Deurne (5.2 km from centre). Cocoa Beach: 1961-1990 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Cocoa / Patrick Air Force Base (11.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpCocoa Beach
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 m0 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsOrlando International Airport (MCO)68 km from centre170 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpCocoa Beach
City population529,24711,354
People per km²2,542290
Museums within 10 km383
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km90
Swim season, months above 21 °C-11 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.