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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
The Frauenkirche towers and the Mariensäule, Munich
MunichThe Frauenkirche towers and the Mariensäule

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Munich by 0xd1ma, Pexels License.

Antwerp or Munich?

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

  • prices

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

Choose Munich for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Munich’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, Munich 28: Munich leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp and Munich are level on 62.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Munich 79: Munich leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp and Munich are level on 56.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Munich 82: Munich leads by 49 points.
Day trips. Antwerp and Munich are level on 86.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Munich 78: Munich leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Munich 86: Munich leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Munich 72: Munich leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Munich 32: Antwerp leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Munich 84: Munich leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Munich 62: Munich leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Munich.

Your match

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

Antwerp
55match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Munich
Best match
67match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness 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

Munich in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 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). Munich: 1991-2020 normals, München (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpMunich
Official languageFrench, German, DutchGerman
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m519 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsMunich Airport (MUC)29 km from centre210 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpMunich
City population529,2471,505,036
People per km²2,5424,844
Museums within 10 km3874
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km91

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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.