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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
The city from Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavik
ReykjavikThe city from Hallgrímskirkja

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Reykjavik by Atlantic Ambience, Pexels License.

Antwerp or Reykjavik?

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
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose Reykjavik for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Reykjavik’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, Reykjavik 12: Antwerp leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Reykjavik 42: Antwerp leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Reykjavik 25: Antwerp leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Reykjavik 45: Antwerp leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Reykjavik 92: Reykjavik leads by 59 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Reykjavik 35: Antwerp leads by 51 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Reykjavik 55: Antwerp leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Reykjavik 55: Antwerp leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Reykjavik 25: Antwerp leads by 45 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Reykjavik 6: Antwerp leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Reykjavik 45: Antwerp leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Reykjavik 88: Reykjavik leads by 58 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Reykjavik.

Your match

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

Antwerp
Best match
55match

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

Reykjavik
44match

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
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Reykjavik in July

15 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
20 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). Reykjavik: 1991-2020 normals, Reykjavik (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpReykjavik
Official languageFrench, German, DutchIcelandic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Iceland Krona (ISK)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m8 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsKeflavik International Airport (KEF)37 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpReykjavik
City population529,247138,772
People per km²2,542569
Museums within 10 km3823
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km91
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. 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.