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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Antwerp or Tallinn?

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

  • shopping
  • day trips
  • nightlife

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

Choose Tallinn for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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, Tallinn 28: Tallinn leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Tallinn 52: Antwerp leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Tallinn 68: Antwerp leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Tallinn 44: Antwerp leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Tallinn 55: Tallinn leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Tallinn 58: Antwerp leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Tallinn 60: Antwerp leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Tallinn 72: Antwerp leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Tallinn 40: Antwerp leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Tallinn 47: Tallinn leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Tallinn 50: Antwerp leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Tallinn.

Your match

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

Antwerp
Best match
55match

Wins on shopping and day trips with your weighting.

Tallinn
52match

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
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpTallinn
Official languageFrench, German, DutchEstonian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m28 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpTallinn
City population529,247457,572
People per km²2,5422,871
Museums within 10 km3816
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km91
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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.