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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
The cathedral from the gardens, Malaga
MalagaThe cathedral from the gardens

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Malaga by Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antwerp or Malaga?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Malaga for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Malaga’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, Malaga 77: Malaga leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Malaga 68: Malaga leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Malaga 65: Antwerp leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Malaga 62: Malaga leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Malaga 73: Malaga leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Malaga 87: Malaga leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Malaga 70: Malaga leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Malaga 70: Antwerp leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Malaga 55: Antwerp leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Malaga 55: Malaga leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Malaga 45: Antwerp leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Malaga 42: Malaga leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Malaga.

Your match

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

Antwerp
55match

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

Malaga
Best match
64match

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

Malaga in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
22 °Csea
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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antwerp: 1991-2020 normals, Antwerpen / Deurne (5.2 km from centre). Malaga: 1991-2020 normals, Malaga / Aeropuerto (8.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpMalaga
Official languageFrench, German, DutchSpanish
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 m18 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsMálaga-Costa del Sol Airport (AGP)8 km from centre166 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpMalaga
City population529,247599,063
People per km²2,5421,517
Museums within 10 km3832
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km91
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 months

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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. 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.