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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
Castelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige, Verona
VeronaCastelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Verona by NorbertNagel, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antwerp or Verona?

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

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • getting around

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

Choose Verona for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Verona’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, Verona 44: Verona leads by 29 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Verona 66: Verona leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Verona 76: Verona leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Verona 37: Antwerp leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Verona 65: Verona leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Verona 92: Verona leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Verona 66: Verona leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Verona 68: Antwerp leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Verona 52: Antwerp leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Verona 46: Verona leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Verona 66: Verona leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Verona 48: Verona leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Verona.

Your match

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

Antwerp
55match

Wins on nightlife and shopping with your weighting.

Verona
Best match
61match

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
16 hdaylight a day

Verona in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
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). Verona: 1991-2020 normals, Verona / Villafranca (11.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpVerona
Official languageFrench, German, DutchItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m59 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport (VRN)10 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpVerona
City population529,247255,588
People per km²2,5421,285
Museums within 10 km3818
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km95

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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. 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.