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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antwerp or Prague?

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
  • food and drink
  • families

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

Choose Prague for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Prague’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, Prague 10: Antwerp leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Prague 50: Antwerp leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Prague 83: Prague leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Prague 65: Prague leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Prague 58: Prague leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Prague 77: Antwerp leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Prague 50: Antwerp leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Prague 83: Prague leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Prague 50: Antwerp leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Prague 62: Prague leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Prague 76: Prague leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Prague 40: Prague leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Prague.

Your match

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

Antwerp
55match

Wins on shopping and food and drink with your weighting.

Prague
Best match
59match

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

Prague in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
76 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). Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpPrague
Official languageFrench, German, DutchCzech
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Czech Koruna (CZK)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m235 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpPrague
City population529,2471,397,880
People per km²2,5422,817
Museums within 10 km3888
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. 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.