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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
The Colosseum, Rome
RomeThe Colosseum

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Rome by Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antwerp or Rome?

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

  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Rome for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Rome’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, Rome 50: Rome leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Rome 82: Rome leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Rome 99: Rome leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Rome 58: Rome leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Rome 58: Rome leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Rome 92: Rome leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Rome 50: Antwerp leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Rome 60: Antwerp leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Rome 72: Rome leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Antwerp and Rome are level on 38.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Rome 68: Rome leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Rome 40: Rome leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Rome.

Your match

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

Antwerp
55match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

Rome
Best match
64match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights 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

Rome in July

31 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
21 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °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.

Rome's sunshine is measured 31 km from the centre, at Vigna Di Valle.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antwerp: 1991-2020 normals, Antwerpen / Deurne (5.2 km from centre). Rome: 1991-2020 normals, Roma / Ciampino (15.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpRome
Official languageFrench, German, DutchItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m21 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsRome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (FCO)23 km from centre242 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpRome
City population529,2472,748,109
People per km²2,5422,135
Museums within 10 km38178
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km97
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.