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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
The SkyWheel by the beach, Myrtle Beach
Myrtle BeachThe SkyWheel by the beach

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Myrtle Beach by The ed17, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antwerp or Myrtle Beach?

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
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Myrtle Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Myrtle Beach’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, Myrtle Beach 84: Myrtle Beach leads by 69 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Myrtle Beach 38: Antwerp leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Myrtle Beach 20: Antwerp leads by 53 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Myrtle Beach 42: Antwerp leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Myrtle Beach 46: Myrtle Beach leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Myrtle Beach 50: Antwerp leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Myrtle Beach 80: Myrtle Beach leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Myrtle Beach 18: Antwerp leads by 57 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Myrtle Beach 38: Antwerp leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Myrtle Beach 52: Myrtle Beach leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Myrtle Beach 30: Antwerp leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Myrtle Beach 28: Antwerp leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Myrtle Beach.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Myrtle Beach
44match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Myrtle Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
172 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °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.

Myrtle Beach 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). Myrtle Beach: 1971-2000 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Myrtle Beach Air Force Base (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpMyrtle Beach
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 m8 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsMyrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)5 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpMyrtle Beach
City population529,24735,682
People per km²2,542591
Museums within 10 km382
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km90
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.