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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
People's Square (Narodni trg), Zadar
ZadarPeople's Square (Narodni trg)

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Zadar by Böhringer Friedrich, CC BY-SA 2.5, cropped.

Antwerp or Zadar?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Zadar for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Zadar’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, Zadar 72: Zadar leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Zadar 45: Antwerp leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Zadar 55: Antwerp leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Zadar 38: Antwerp leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Zadar 82: Zadar leads by 49 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Zadar 70: Antwerp leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Zadar 55: Antwerp leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Zadar 58: Antwerp leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Zadar 27: Antwerp leads by 43 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Zadar 52: Zadar leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Zadar 28: Antwerp leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Zadar 35: Zadar leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Zadar.

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 live music and the arts with your weighting.

Zadar
51match

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

Zadar in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
24 °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.

Zadar 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). Zadar: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Zadar / Zemunik (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpZadar
Official languageFrench, German, DutchCroatian
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 m5 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsZadar Airport (ZAD)10 km from centre66 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpZadar
City population529,24770,779
People per km²2,542-
Museums within 10 km381
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km92
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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.