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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
The adobe New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe
Santa FeThe adobe New Mexico Museum of Art

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Santa Fe by dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Antwerp or Santa Fe?

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
  • nightlife
  • families

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

Choose Santa Fe for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Santa Fe’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, Santa Fe 5: Antwerp leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp and Santa Fe are level on 62.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Santa Fe 66: Antwerp leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Santa Fe 22: Antwerp leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Santa Fe 80: Santa Fe leads by 47 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Santa Fe 70: Antwerp leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Santa Fe 45: Antwerp leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Santa Fe 40: Antwerp leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Santa Fe 62: Antwerp leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Santa Fe 30: Antwerp leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Santa Fe 55: Antwerp leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Santa Fe 55: Santa Fe leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Santa Fe.

Your match

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

Antwerp
Best match
55match

Wins on getting around and nightlife with your weighting.

Santa Fe
49match

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

Santa Fe in July

31 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
60 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 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.

Santa Fe's station stands 199 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Santa Fe 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). Santa Fe: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Fe / Cieneguilla (12.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpSanta Fe
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-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation7 m2,134 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsSanta Fe Municipal Airport (SAF)12 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpSanta Fe
City population529,24787,505
People per km²2,542645
Museums within 10 km3810
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km90

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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.