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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
The colonnaded court of Luxor Temple, Luxor
LuxorThe colonnaded court of Luxor Temple

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Luxor by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Antwerp or Luxor?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose Luxor for

  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Luxor’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, Luxor 6: Antwerp leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Luxor 30: Antwerp leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Luxor 95: Luxor leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Luxor 10: Antwerp leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Luxor 32: Antwerp leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Luxor 62: Antwerp leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Luxor 30: Antwerp leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Luxor 35: Antwerp leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Luxor 25: Antwerp leads by 45 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Luxor 90: Luxor leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Luxor 10: Antwerp leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Luxor 28: Antwerp leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Luxor.

Your match

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

Antwerp
Best match
55match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

Luxor
38match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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

Luxor in July

41 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
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.

Luxor 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). Luxor: 1998-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Luxor (6.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpLuxor
Official languageFrench, German, DutchArabic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation7 m89 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsLuxor International Airport (LXR)7 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpLuxor
City population529,247202,232
People per km²2,542486
Museums within 10 km384
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.