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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
A lifeguard stand on South Beach, Miami
MiamiA lifeguard stand on South Beach

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Miami by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antwerp or Miami?

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

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Miami for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Miami’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, Miami 90: Miami leads by 75 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Miami 72: Miami leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Miami 57: Antwerp leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Miami 82: Miami leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Miami 64: Miami leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Miami 42: Antwerp leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Miami 64: Miami leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Miami 35: Antwerp leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Miami 71: Miami leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Miami 27: Antwerp leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Miami 55: Antwerp leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Miami 44: Miami leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Miami.

Your match

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

Antwerp
55match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Miami
Best match
59match

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

Miami in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °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). Miami: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpMiami
Official languageFrench, German, Dutch-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation7 m2 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsMiami International Airport (MIA)7 km from centre198 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpMiami
City population529,247442,241
People per km²2,5423,046
Museums within 10 km3817
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km90
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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.