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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
Rathausquai on the Reuss, Lucerne
LucerneRathausquai on the Reuss

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Lucerne by ILOVESwitzerland, Pexels License.

Antwerp or Lucerne?

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

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Lucerne for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Lucerne’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, Lucerne 35: Lucerne leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Lucerne 35: Antwerp leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Lucerne 58: Antwerp leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Lucerne 28: Antwerp leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Lucerne 92: Lucerne leads by 59 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Lucerne 78: Antwerp leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Lucerne 66: Lucerne leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Lucerne 86: Lucerne leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Lucerne 46: Antwerp leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Lucerne 8: Antwerp leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Lucerne 66: Lucerne leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Lucerne 46: Lucerne leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Lucerne.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Antwerp
55match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Lucerne
54match

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
16 hdaylight a day

Lucerne in July

24 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
141 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine 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.

Lucerne 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.

Lucerne's sunshine is measured 42 km from the centre, at Zurich Town / Ville..

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antwerp: 1991-2020 normals, Antwerpen / Deurne (5.2 km from centre). Lucerne: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Emmen (4.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpLucerne
Official languageFrench, German, DutchFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m436 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)49 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpLucerne
City population529,24786,234
People per km²2,5422,963
Museums within 10 km3814
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. 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.