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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
Main Beach with its palms and lifeguard tower, Laguna Beach
Laguna BeachMain Beach with its palms and lifeguard tower

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Laguna Beach by Mark Stebnicki, Pexels License.

Antwerp or Laguna Beach?

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
  • getting around
  • nightlife

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

Choose Laguna Beach for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Laguna Beach’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, Laguna Beach 72: Laguna Beach leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Laguna Beach 40: Antwerp leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Laguna Beach 27: Antwerp leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Laguna Beach 18: Antwerp leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Laguna Beach 73: Laguna Beach leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Laguna Beach 72: Antwerp leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Laguna Beach 68: Laguna Beach leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Laguna Beach 33: Antwerp leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Laguna Beach 46: Antwerp leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Laguna Beach 12: Antwerp leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Laguna Beach 40: Antwerp leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Laguna Beach 47: Laguna Beach leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Laguna Beach.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Laguna Beach
46match

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

Laguna Beach in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AntwerpLaguna Beach

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). Laguna Beach: 1981-2010 normals, Irvine (15.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpLaguna Beach
Official languageFrench, German, Dutch-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation7 m6 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)18 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpLaguna Beach
City population529,24723,032
People per km²2,542907
Museums within 10 km382
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km90
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.