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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Antwerp or Warsaw?

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
  • beaches

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

Choose Warsaw for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Warsaw’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, Warsaw 12: Antwerp leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Warsaw 60: Antwerp leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Warsaw 70: Antwerp leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Warsaw 66: Warsaw leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Warsaw 47: Warsaw leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Warsaw 52: Antwerp leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Antwerp and Warsaw are level on 62.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Warsaw 72: Antwerp leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Warsaw 55: Antwerp leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Warsaw 64: Warsaw leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Warsaw 63: Warsaw leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Warsaw 35: Warsaw leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Warsaw.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Antwerp
55match

Wins on day trips and shopping with your weighting.

Warsaw
55match

Wins on prices 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
16 hdaylight a day

Warsaw in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
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). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpWarsaw
Official languageFrench, German, DutchPolish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m118 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpWarsaw
City population529,2471,862,402
People per km²2,5423,601
Museums within 10 km38117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km91

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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. 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.