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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antwerp or Portland?

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

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • shopping

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

Choose Portland for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Portland’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, Portland 20: Portland leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Portland 68: Portland leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Portland 38: Antwerp leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Portland 52: Antwerp leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Portland 84: Portland leads by 51 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Portland 58: Antwerp leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Portland 55: Antwerp leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Portland 62: Antwerp leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Portland 52: Antwerp leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Antwerp and Portland are level on 38.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Portland 55: Antwerp leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Portland 42: Portland leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Portland.

Your match

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

Antwerp
Best match
55match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

Portland
52match

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

Portland in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AntwerpPortland

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). Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpPortland
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-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation7 m152 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpPortland
City population529,247652,503
People per km²2,5421,736
Museums within 10 km3817
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.