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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
The tusks over Moi Avenue, Mombasa
MombasaThe tusks over Moi Avenue

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Mombasa by Rob Oo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Antwerp or Mombasa?

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
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Mombasa for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Mombasa’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, Mombasa 82: Mombasa leads by 67 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Mombasa 60: Antwerp leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Mombasa 55: Antwerp leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Mombasa 46: Antwerp leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Mombasa 74: Mombasa leads by 41 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Mombasa 45: Antwerp leads by 41 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Mombasa 45: Antwerp leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Mombasa 30: Antwerp leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Mombasa 35: Antwerp leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Mombasa 70: Mombasa leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Mombasa 22: Antwerp leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Mombasa 40: Mombasa leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Mombasa.

Your match

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

Antwerp
Best match
55match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Mombasa
50match

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

Mombasa in July

28 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
63 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
26 °Csea
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.

Mombasa 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). Mombasa: 1991-2020 normals, Mombasa (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpMombasa
Official languageFrench, German, DutchEnglish, Swahili
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation7 m50 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsMoi International Airport (MBA)8 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpMombasa
City population529,2471,208,333
People per km²2,5424,100
Museums within 10 km380
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km92
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. 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.