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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
A skier in powder among snow-covered firs at Marmot Basin, Jasper
JasperA skier in powder among snow-covered firs at Marmot Basin

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Jasper by Marmot Basin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antwerp or Jasper?

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

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose Jasper for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Jasper’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, Jasper 25: Jasper leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Jasper 22: Antwerp leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Jasper 10: Antwerp leads by 63 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Jasper 14: Antwerp leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Jasper 95: Jasper leads by 62 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Jasper 8: Antwerp leads by 78 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Jasper 42: Antwerp leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Jasper 18: Antwerp leads by 57 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Jasper 12: Antwerp leads by 58 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Jasper 20: Antwerp leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Jasper 7: Antwerp leads by 51 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Jasper 46: Jasper leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Jasper.

Your match

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

Antwerp
Best match
55match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Jasper
27match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness 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

Jasper in July

24 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
16 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). Jasper: 1991-2020 normals, Jasper Warden (7.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpJasper
Official languageFrench, German, DutchFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation7 m1,060 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsEdmonton International Airport (YEG)304 km from centre52 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpJasper
City population529,2474,738
People per km²2,5425
Museums within 10 km381
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. 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.