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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
Camelback Mountain above the city, Scottsdale
ScottsdaleCamelback Mountain above the city

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Scottsdale by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Antwerp or Scottsdale?

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
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Scottsdale for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Scottsdale’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, Scottsdale 8: Antwerp leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Scottsdale 46: Antwerp leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Scottsdale 38: Antwerp leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Scottsdale 52: Antwerp leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Scottsdale 68: Scottsdale leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Scottsdale 50: Antwerp leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Scottsdale 60: Antwerp leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Scottsdale 20: Antwerp leads by 55 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Scottsdale 60: Antwerp leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Scottsdale 32: Antwerp leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Scottsdale 40: Antwerp leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Scottsdale 72: Scottsdale leads by 42 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Scottsdale.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Scottsdale
46match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors 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

Scottsdale in July

41 °Cdaytime high
29 °Cnight-time low
23 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antwerp: 1991-2020 normals, Antwerpen / Deurne (5.2 km from centre). Scottsdale: 1991-2020 normals, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpScottsdale
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
Emergency number112911
Elevation7 m380 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)10 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpScottsdale
City population529,247241,361
People per km²2,542-
Museums within 10 km3810
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km91

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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.