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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Antwerp or Dubrovnik?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

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

Choose Dubrovnik for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Dubrovnik’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, Dubrovnik 74: Dubrovnik leads by 59 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Dubrovnik 47: Antwerp leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Dubrovnik 72: Antwerp leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Dubrovnik 37: Antwerp leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Dubrovnik 70: Dubrovnik leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Dubrovnik 66: Antwerp leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Dubrovnik 50: Antwerp leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Dubrovnik 60: Antwerp leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Dubrovnik 25: Antwerp leads by 45 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Dubrovnik 28: Antwerp leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Dubrovnik 25: Antwerp leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Dubrovnik 32: Dubrovnik leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Dubrovnik.

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 live music and the arts with your weighting.

Dubrovnik
49match

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

Dubrovnik in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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.

Dubrovnik 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.

Dubrovnik's sunshine is measured 83 km from the centre, at Mostar.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antwerp: 1991-2020 normals, Antwerpen / Deurne (5.2 km from centre). Dubrovnik: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dubrovnik / Cilipi (15.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpDubrovnik
Official languageFrench, German, DutchCroatian
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 m10 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpDubrovnik
City population529,24741,562
People per km²2,542-
Museums within 10 km387
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km93
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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. 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.