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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
Skiers at the foot of the slopes in the village, Copper Mountain
Copper MountainSkiers at the foot of the slopes in the village

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Copper Mountain by SparkFunElectronics, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Antwerp or Copper Mountain?

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
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Copper Mountain for

  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Copper Mountain’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, Copper Mountain 3: Antwerp leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Copper Mountain 20: Antwerp leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Copper Mountain 4: Antwerp leads by 69 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Copper Mountain 12: Antwerp leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Copper Mountain 90: Copper Mountain leads by 57 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Copper Mountain 55: Antwerp leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Antwerp and Copper Mountain are level on 62.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Copper Mountain 48: Antwerp leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Copper Mountain 8: Antwerp leads by 62 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Copper Mountain 18: Antwerp leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Copper Mountain 8: Antwerp leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Copper Mountain 28: Antwerp leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Copper Mountain.

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 shopping with your weighting.

Copper Mountain
30match

Wins on 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
16 hdaylight a day

Copper Mountain in July

21 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
41 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 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.

Copper Mountain's temperatures are measured 35 km from the centre, at Leadville / Stringtown.

Copper Mountain 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). Copper Mountain: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (35.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpCopper Mountain
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-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation7 m2,955 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsDenver International Airport (DEN)132 km from centre231 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpCopper Mountain
City population529,247650
People per km²2,5428
Museums within 10 km380
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.