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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

Antwerp or Valencia?

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
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Valencia for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Valencia’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, Valencia 78: Valencia leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Valencia 74: Valencia leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Valencia 68: Antwerp leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Valencia 66: Valencia leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Valencia 60: Valencia leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Valencia 70: Antwerp leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Valencia 75: Valencia leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Valencia 76: Valencia leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Valencia 57: Antwerp leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Valencia 55: Antwerp leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Valencia 42: Valencia leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Valencia.

Your match

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

Antwerp
55match

Wins on day trips and shopping with your weighting.

Valencia
Best match
65match

Wins on beaches 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
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Valencia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpValencia
Official languageFrench, German, DutchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m15 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpValencia
City population529,247840,792
People per km²2,5426,242
Museums within 10 km3845
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km92
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

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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.