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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Antwerp or Nairobi?

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 Nairobi for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Nairobi’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, Nairobi 4: Antwerp leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Nairobi 48: Antwerp leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Nairobi 35: Antwerp leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Nairobi 58: Nairobi leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Nairobi 84: Nairobi leads by 51 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Nairobi 28: Antwerp leads by 58 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Nairobi 55: Antwerp leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Nairobi 20: Antwerp leads by 55 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Nairobi 45: Antwerp leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Nairobi 60: Nairobi leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Nairobi 35: Antwerp leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Nairobi 25: Antwerp leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Nairobi.

Your match

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

Antwerp
Best match
55match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Nairobi
41match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices 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

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antwerp: 1991-2020 normals, Antwerpen / Deurne (5.2 km from centre). Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpNairobi
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 m1,661 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpNairobi
City population529,2475,545,000
People per km²2,5427,967
Museums within 10 km384
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km90

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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.