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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
The Limmat from Quaibrücke, Zurich
ZurichThe Limmat from Quaibrücke

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Zurich by Daniel Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Antwerp or Zurich?

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

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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

Choose Zurich for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Zurich’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, Zurich 45: Zurich leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Zurich 53: Antwerp leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Zurich 58: Antwerp leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Zurich 62: Zurich leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Zurich 80: Zurich leads by 47 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Zurich 84: Antwerp leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Zurich 76: Zurich leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Zurich 95: Zurich leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Zurich 66: Antwerp leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Zurich 3: Antwerp leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Zurich 70: Zurich leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Zurich 58: Zurich leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Zurich.

Your match

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

Antwerp
55match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Zurich
Best match
63match

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

Zurich in July

24 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
126 mmrain in the month
7 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). Zurich: 1991-2020 normals, Zurich Town / Ville. (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpZurich
Official languageFrench, German, DutchFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m408 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)9 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpZurich
City population529,247440,935
People per km²2,5425,016
Museums within 10 km3863
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.