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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
Rabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira, Porto
PortoRabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Porto by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Antwerp or Porto?

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
  • families
  • getting around

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

Choose Porto for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Porto’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, Porto 40: Porto leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Porto 70: Porto leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Porto 68: Antwerp leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Porto 65: Porto leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Porto 64: Porto leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Porto 79: Antwerp leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Porto 52: Antwerp leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Porto 66: Antwerp leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Porto 52: Antwerp leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Porto 62: Porto leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Porto 52: Antwerp leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Porto 34: Porto leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Porto.

Your match

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

Antwerp
55match

Wins on shopping and families with your weighting.

Porto
Best match
59match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches 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

Porto in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
22 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
15 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). Porto: 1991-2020 normals, Porto / Serra Do Pilar (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpPorto
Official languageFrench, German, DutchPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m104 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsFrancisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)12 km from centre134 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpPorto
City population529,247273,476
People per km²2,5426,606
Museums within 10 km3842
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km93
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. 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.