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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License.

Antwerp or Mexico City?

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

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • beaches

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

Choose Mexico City for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Mexico City’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, Mexico City 5: Antwerp leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Mexico City 90: Mexico City leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Mexico City 88: Mexico City leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Mexico City 80: Mexico City leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Mexico City 50: Mexico City leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Mexico City 75: Antwerp leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Mexico City 58: Antwerp leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Mexico City 50: Antwerp leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Mexico City 76: Mexico City leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Mexico City 75: Mexico City leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Mexico City 72: Mexico City leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Mexico City 40: Mexico City leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Mexico City.

Your match

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

Antwerp
55match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Mexico City
Best match
63match

Wins on prices and food and drink 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

Mexico City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
176 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AntwerpMexico City

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). Mexico City: 1991-2020 normals, Mexico Central, D. F. (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpMexico City
Official languageFrench, German, DutchSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation7 m2,240 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpMexico City
City population529,2479,209,944
People per km²2,5426,202
Museums within 10 km38108
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km96

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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.