VacationSelector
Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
The Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb
ZagrebThe Croatian National Theatre

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Zagreb by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antwerp or Zagreb?

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
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Zagreb for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Zagreb’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, Zagreb 10: Antwerp leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Zagreb 55: Antwerp leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Zagreb 56: Antwerp leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Zagreb 47: Antwerp leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Zagreb 62: Zagreb leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Zagreb 60: Antwerp leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Zagreb 52: Antwerp leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Zagreb 70: Antwerp leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Zagreb 40: Antwerp leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Zagreb 60: Zagreb leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Zagreb 52: Antwerp leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Zagreb 33: Zagreb leads by 3 points.
0255075100

What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Zagreb.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Zagreb
50match

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
16 hdaylight a day

Zagreb in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

0°10°20°30°JFMAMJJASOND

Rainfall in the month, mm

0255075100125JFMAMJJASOND
AntwerpZagreb

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). Zagreb: 1991-2020 normals, Zagreb / Gric (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpZagreb
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 m127 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsZagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport (ZAG)11 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpZagreb
City population529,247767,131
People per km²2,542-
Museums within 10 km3827
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km90

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Antwerp or Zagreb somewhere new.

Browse every destination

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.