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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License.

Antwerp or Faro?

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 Faro for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Faro’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, Faro 74: Faro leads by 59 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Faro 48: Antwerp leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Faro 35: Antwerp leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Faro 32: Antwerp leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Faro 62: Faro leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Faro 64: Antwerp leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Faro 60: Antwerp leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Faro 60: Antwerp leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Faro 35: Antwerp leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Faro 60: Faro leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Faro 30: Antwerp leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Faro 33: Faro leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Faro.

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.

Faro
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

Faro in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antwerp: 1991-2020 normals, Antwerpen / Deurne (5.2 km from centre). Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpFaro
Official languageFrench, German, DutchPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m10 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpFaro
City population529,24764,560
People per km²2,542319
Museums within 10 km382
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km90
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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.