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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
Botero sculptures on Plaza Botero, Medellin
MedellinBotero sculptures on Plaza Botero

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Medellin by Steffen Schmitz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antwerp or Medellin?

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

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • shopping

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

Choose Medellin for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Medellin’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, Medellin 5: Antwerp leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Medellin 58: Antwerp leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Medellin 42: Antwerp leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Medellin 76: Medellin leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Medellin 66: Medellin leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Medellin 58: Antwerp leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Medellin 50: Antwerp leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Medellin 55: Antwerp leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Medellin 45: Antwerp leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Medellin 80: Medellin leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Medellin 42: Antwerp leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp and Medellin are level on 30.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Medellin.

Your match

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

Antwerp
Best match
55match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

Medellin
51match

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

Medellin in July

29 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
133 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
12 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.

Medellin 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). Medellin: 1958-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Medellin / Olaya Herrera (5.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpMedellin
Official languageFrench, German, DutchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Colombian Peso (COP)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112123
Elevation7 m1,405 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsJose Maria Córdova International Airport (MDE)19 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days19 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpMedellin
City population529,2472,529,403
People per km²2,5426,644
Museums within 10 km3814
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km90

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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.