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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
The cathedral from Piazza del Duomo, Milan
MilanThe cathedral from Piazza del Duomo

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Milan by Jiuguang Wang, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Antwerp or Milan?

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

  • families
  • prices

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

Choose Milan for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Milan’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, Milan 20: Milan leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Milan 78: Milan leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Milan 78: Milan leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Milan 66: Milan leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Milan 65: Milan leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Milan 91: Milan leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Milan 55: Antwerp leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Milan 79: Milan leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Milan 92: Milan leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Milan 33: Antwerp leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Milan 82: Milan leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Milan 42: Milan leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Milan.

Your match

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

Antwerp
55match

Wins on families and prices with your weighting.

Milan
Best match
65match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and live music and the arts 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

Milan in July

30 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
70 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 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.

Milan 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.

Milan's sunshine is measured 41 km from the centre, at Novara / Cameri.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antwerp: 1991-2020 normals, Antwerpen / Deurne (5.2 km from centre). Milan: 1991-2020 normals, Milano / Linate (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpMilan
Official languageFrench, German, DutchItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m138 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsMilan Malpensa International Airport (MXP)40 km from centre208 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpMilan
City population529,2471,354,196
People per km²2,5427,453
Museums within 10 km3888
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km94

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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.