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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
The Mezquita and the Roman bridge, Cordoba
CordobaThe Mezquita and the Roman bridge

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Cordoba by Jose María Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antwerp or Cordoba?

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

  • shopping
  • families
  • nightlife

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

Choose Cordoba for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Cordoba’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, Cordoba 14: Antwerp leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp and Cordoba are level on 62.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Cordoba 81: Cordoba leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Cordoba 40: Antwerp leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Cordoba 45: Cordoba leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Antwerp and Cordoba are level on 86.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Cordoba 40: Antwerp leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Cordoba 68: Antwerp leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Cordoba 38: Antwerp leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Cordoba 63: Cordoba leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Cordoba 47: Antwerp leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Cordoba 40: Cordoba leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Cordoba.

Your match

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

Antwerp
Best match
55match

Wins on shopping and families with your weighting.

Cordoba
52match

Wins on prices 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
16 hdaylight a day

Cordoba in July

37 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antwerp: 1991-2020 normals, Antwerpen / Deurne (5.2 km from centre). Cordoba: 1991-2020 normals, Cordoba / Aeropuerto (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpCordoba
Official languageFrench, German, DutchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m120 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsCórdoba Airport (ODB)8 km from centre3 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpCordoba
City population529,247323,262
People per km²2,542258
Museums within 10 km3816
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km92

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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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.