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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
A cobbled street of painted houses in the old town, San Miguel de Allende
San Miguel de AllendeA cobbled street of painted houses in the old town

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; San Miguel de Allende by Russ Bowling, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Antwerp or San Miguel de Allende?

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

  • families
  • getting around
  • nightlife

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

Choose San Miguel de Allende for

  • wellness
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on San Miguel de Allende’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 Miguel de Allende 4: Antwerp leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp and San Miguel de Allende are level on 62.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, San Miguel de Allende 62: Antwerp leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, San Miguel de Allende 38: Antwerp leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, San Miguel de Allende 40: San Miguel de Allende leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, San Miguel de Allende 77: Antwerp leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, San Miguel de Allende 32: Antwerp leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, San Miguel de Allende 48: Antwerp leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, San Miguel de Allende 55: Antwerp leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, San Miguel de Allende 50: San Miguel de Allende leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, San Miguel de Allende 40: Antwerp leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, San Miguel de Allende 66: San Miguel de Allende leads by 36 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and San Miguel de Allende.

Your match

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

Antwerp
Best match
55match

Wins on families and getting around with your weighting.

San Miguel de Allende
48match

Wins on wellness and prices 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

San Miguel de Allende in July

29 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
132 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
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.

San Miguel de Allende's temperatures are measured 54 km from the centre, at Guanajuato, Gto..

San Miguel de Allende 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). San Miguel de Allende: 1991-2020 normals, Guanajuato, Gto. (53.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpSan Miguel de Allende
Official languageFrench, German, DutchSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation7 m1,900 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsGuanajuato International Airport (BJX)77 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpSan Miguel de Allende
City population529,24769,811
People per km²2,542-
Museums within 10 km382
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km92

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.