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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antwerp or Quebec City?

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

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • shopping

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

Choose Quebec City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Quebec City’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, Quebec City 18: Quebec City leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Quebec City 57: Antwerp leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Quebec City 70: Antwerp leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Quebec City 42: Antwerp leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Quebec City 79: Quebec City leads by 46 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Quebec City 58: Antwerp leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Quebec City 64: Quebec City leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Quebec City 50: Antwerp leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Quebec City 45: Antwerp leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Quebec City 45: Quebec City leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Quebec City 52: Antwerp leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Quebec City 55: Quebec City leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Quebec City.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Antwerp
55match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Quebec City
53match

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

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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). Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpQuebec City
Official languageFrench, German, DutchFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation7 m98 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpQuebec City
City population529,247574,482
People per km²2,5421,184
Museums within 10 km3816
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.