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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antwerp or Windhoek?

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
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Windhoek for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Windhoek’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, Windhoek 4: Antwerp leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Windhoek 36: Antwerp leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Windhoek 30: Antwerp leads by 43 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Windhoek 25: Antwerp leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Windhoek 52: Windhoek leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Windhoek 14: Antwerp leads by 72 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Windhoek 30: Antwerp leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Windhoek 22: Antwerp leads by 53 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Windhoek 30: Antwerp leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Windhoek 18: Antwerp leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp and Windhoek are level on 30.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Antwerp
Best match
55match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Windhoek
29match

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

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
11 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). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpWindhoek
Official languageFrench, German, DutchEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m1,650 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpWindhoek
City population529,247486,169
People per km²2,54295
Museums within 10 km385
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km90

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.