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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Antwerp or Oaxaca?

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

  • families
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Oaxaca for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Oaxaca’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, Oaxaca 5: Antwerp leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Oaxaca 84: Oaxaca leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Oaxaca 74: Oaxaca leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Oaxaca 40: Antwerp leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Oaxaca 62: Oaxaca leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Oaxaca 65: Antwerp leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Oaxaca 40: Antwerp leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Oaxaca 55: Antwerp leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Oaxaca 62: Antwerp leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Oaxaca 77: Oaxaca leads by 39 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Oaxaca 38: Antwerp leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Oaxaca 50: Oaxaca leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Oaxaca.

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 families and day trips with your weighting.

Oaxaca
54match

Wins on prices 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
16 hdaylight a day

Oaxaca in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
13 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). Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpOaxaca
Official languageFrench, German, DutchSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation7 m1,555 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpOaxaca
City population529,247258,913
People per km²2,5423,028
Museums within 10 km3810
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km92

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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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.