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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
The Weinstadel and the water tower on the Pegnitz, Nuremberg
NurembergThe Weinstadel and the water tower on the Pegnitz

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Nuremberg by Horst Gutmann, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Antwerp or Nuremberg?

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

  • shopping
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Nuremberg for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Nuremberg’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, Nuremberg 14: Antwerp leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Nuremberg 53: Antwerp leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Nuremberg 69: Antwerp leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Nuremberg 40: Antwerp leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Nuremberg 56: Nuremberg leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Nuremberg 80: Antwerp leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Nuremberg 64: Nuremberg leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Nuremberg 78: Nuremberg leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Nuremberg 45: Antwerp leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Nuremberg 50: Nuremberg leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Nuremberg 52: Antwerp leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Nuremberg 47: Nuremberg leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Nuremberg.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Antwerp
55match

Wins on shopping and nightlife with your weighting.

Nuremberg
54match

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

Nuremberg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
77 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). Nuremberg: 1991-2020 normals, Nuernberg (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpNuremberg
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 m209 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsNuremberg Airport (NUE)5 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpNuremberg
City population529,247531,159
People per km²2,5422,848
Museums within 10 km3850
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.