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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

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

Antwerp or Valparaiso?

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
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Valparaiso’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, Valparaiso 36: Valparaiso leads by 21 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Valparaiso 50: Antwerp leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Valparaiso 62: Antwerp leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp and Valparaiso are level on 56.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Valparaiso 63: Antwerp leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Valparaiso 33: Antwerp leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Valparaiso 44: Antwerp leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Valparaiso 30: Antwerp leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Valparaiso 38: Antwerp leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Valparaiso 18: Antwerp leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Valparaiso.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices 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

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
10 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.

Valparaiso 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). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpValparaiso
Official languageFrench, German, DutchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation7 m21 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpValparaiso
City population529,247296,655
People per km²2,5426,180
Museums within 10 km3817
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.