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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
San FranciscoThe Golden Gate Bridge

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; San Francisco by Elijah Cobb, Pexels License.

Antwerp or San Francisco?

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

  • prices
  • day trips
  • shopping

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

Choose San Francisco for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on San Francisco’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, San Francisco 25: San Francisco leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, San Francisco 82: San Francisco leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, San Francisco 68: Antwerp leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, San Francisco 58: San Francisco leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, San Francisco 80: San Francisco leads by 47 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, San Francisco 72: Antwerp leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, San Francisco 66: San Francisco leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, San Francisco 70: Antwerp leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, San Francisco 58: Antwerp leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, San Francisco 14: Antwerp leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, San Francisco 76: San Francisco leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, San Francisco 42: San Francisco leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and San Francisco.

Your match

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

Antwerp
55match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

San Francisco
Best match
59match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and food and drink 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

San Francisco in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antwerp: 1991-2020 normals, Antwerpen / Deurne (5.2 km from centre). San Francisco: 1981-2010 normals, Alameda Naval Air Station (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpSan Francisco
Official languageFrench, German, Dutch-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation7 m16 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsSan Francisco International Airport (SFO)18 km from centre142 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpSan Francisco
City population529,247873,965
People per km²2,5421,455
Museums within 10 km3851
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km90
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.