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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
The Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Seattle by Caio, Pexels License.

Antwerp or Seattle?

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

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose Seattle for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Seattle’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, Seattle 30: Seattle leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Seattle 66: Seattle leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Seattle 50: Antwerp leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Seattle 55: Antwerp leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Seattle 87: Seattle leads by 54 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Seattle 55: Antwerp leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Seattle 64: Seattle leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Seattle 60: Antwerp leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Seattle 52: Antwerp leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Seattle 22: Antwerp leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Seattle 70: Seattle leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Seattle 40: Seattle leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Seattle.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Antwerp
55match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Seattle
54match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches 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

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 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). Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpSeattle
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 m40 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpSeattle
City population529,247737,015
People per km²2,5421,996
Museums within 10 km3827
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.