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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
Wat Xieng Thong temple, Luang Prabang
Luang PrabangWat Xieng Thong temple

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Luang Prabang by Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antwerp or Luang Prabang?

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
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Luang Prabang for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Luang Prabang’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, Luang Prabang 14: Antwerp leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Luang Prabang 42: Antwerp leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Luang Prabang 65: Antwerp leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Luang Prabang 8: Antwerp leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Luang Prabang 68: Luang Prabang leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Luang Prabang 35: Antwerp leads by 51 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Luang Prabang 38: Antwerp leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Luang Prabang 50: Antwerp leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Luang Prabang 38: Antwerp leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Luang Prabang 80: Luang Prabang leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Luang Prabang 18: Antwerp leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Luang Prabang 60: Luang Prabang leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Luang Prabang.

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 nightlife with your weighting.

Luang Prabang
43match

Wins on prices 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
16 hdaylight a day

Luang Prabang in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
250 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
13 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). Luang Prabang: 1991-2020 normals, Luang-Prabang (0.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpLuang Prabang
Official languageFrench, German, DutchLao
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Lao Kip (LAK)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzABCEF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 191, ambulance 195, fire 190
Elevation7 m305 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsLuang Phabang International Airport (LPQ)4 km from centre7 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpLuang Prabang
City population529,24753,792
People per km²2,542-
Museums within 10 km380
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km91

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.