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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License.

Antwerp or Izmir?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Izmir for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Izmir’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, Izmir 62: Izmir leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Izmir 72: Izmir leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Izmir 55: Antwerp leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Izmir 60: Izmir leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Izmir 66: Izmir leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Antwerp and Izmir are level on 86.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Izmir 55: Antwerp leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Izmir 63: Antwerp leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Izmir 55: Antwerp leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Izmir 66: Izmir leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Izmir 48: Antwerp leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Izmir 57: Izmir leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Izmir.

Your match

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

Antwerp
55match

Wins on culture and sights and shopping with your weighting.

Izmir
Best match
62match

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

Izmir in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
23 °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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antwerp: 1991-2020 normals, Antwerpen / Deurne (5.2 km from centre). Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpIzmir
Official languageFrench, German, DutchTurkish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m2 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpIzmir
City population529,2474,493,242
People per km²2,5424,760
Museums within 10 km3829
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km90
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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.