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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
The Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church, Ljubljana
LjubljanaThe Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Ljubljana by detait, Pexels License.

Antwerp or Ljubljana?

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
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

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

Choose Ljubljana for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Ljubljana’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, Ljubljana 22: Ljubljana leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Ljubljana 55: Antwerp leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Ljubljana 55: Antwerp leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Ljubljana 40: Antwerp leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Ljubljana 80: Ljubljana leads by 47 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Ljubljana 78: Antwerp leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Ljubljana 54: Antwerp leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Ljubljana 74: Antwerp leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Ljubljana 33: Antwerp leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Ljubljana 54: Ljubljana leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Ljubljana 50: Antwerp leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Ljubljana 42: Ljubljana leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Ljubljana.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Ljubljana
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices 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

Ljubljana in July

28 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
121 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
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). Ljubljana: 1991-2020 normals, Ljubljana / Bezigrad (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpLjubljana
Official languageFrench, German, DutchSlovene
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m309 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)20 km from centre32 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpLjubljana
City population529,247284,293
People per km²2,5421,736
Museums within 10 km3814
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km93

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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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.