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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
Palms on a white beach at Cap Cana, Punta Cana
Punta CanaPalms on a white beach at Cap Cana

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Punta Cana by Mary Mark Ockerbloom, CC0.

Antwerp or Punta Cana?

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
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Punta Cana for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Punta Cana’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, Punta Cana 94: Punta Cana leads by 79 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Punta Cana 30: Antwerp leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Punta Cana 8: Antwerp leads by 65 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Punta Cana 40: Antwerp leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Punta Cana 52: Punta Cana leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Punta Cana 35: Antwerp leads by 51 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Punta Cana 68: Punta Cana leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Punta Cana 15: Antwerp leads by 60 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Punta Cana 30: Antwerp leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Punta Cana 44: Punta Cana leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Punta Cana 15: Antwerp leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Punta Cana 52: Punta Cana leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Punta Cana.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Punta Cana
40match

Wins on beaches 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
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Punta Cana in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
96 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
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.

Punta Cana 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antwerp: 1991-2020 normals, Antwerpen / Deurne (5.2 km from centre). Punta Cana: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Punta Cana (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpPunta Cana
Official languageFrench, German, DutchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Dominican Peso (DOP)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112911
Elevation7 m28 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsPunta Cana International Airport (PUJ)1 km from centre93 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpPunta Cana
City population529,247138,919
People per km²2,542292
Museums within 10 km380
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km90
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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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.