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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License.

Antwerp or Jerusalem?

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
  • getting around
  • nightlife

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

Choose Jerusalem for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Jerusalem’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, Jerusalem 40: Jerusalem leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Jerusalem 66: Jerusalem leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Jerusalem 92: Jerusalem leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Jerusalem 38: Antwerp leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Jerusalem 60: Jerusalem leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Jerusalem 80: Antwerp leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Jerusalem 52: Antwerp leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Jerusalem 55: Antwerp leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Jerusalem 48: Antwerp leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Jerusalem 20: Antwerp leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Jerusalem 40: Antwerp leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Jerusalem 42: Jerusalem leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Jerusalem.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Antwerp
55match

Wins on shopping and getting around with your weighting.

Jerusalem
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches 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

Jerusalem in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
27 °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.

Jerusalem 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antwerp: 1991-2020 normals, Antwerpen / Deurne (5.2 km from centre). Jerusalem: 1991-2020 normals, Jerusalem (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpJerusalem
Official languageFrench, German, DutchHebrew
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 100, fire 102
Elevation7 m754 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpJerusalem
City population529,2471,050,151
People per km²2,5428,374
Museums within 10 km3869
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km97
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 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.