Photo from Antwerpen

Photo by Ernest Ojeh on Unsplash

Belgium

Best time to visit Antwerpen

When is it busiest here, and when is it quietest? The answer runs week by week through the region's own year, from official EU overnight-stay statistics.

Busiest week

JulyCrowd level 100

Wk 30 · 179,491 overnight stays

Quietest weeks

JanuaryCrowd level 0–3

Wk 2–4 · measured against the region's own year, not against other regions

Sweet spot

JuneCrowd level 32–40

Wk 23–25 · a good balance of weather comfort and crowd level

Warmest month

21 °CComfort 78

August · around 74 mm of rain in the month

Crowding Index 1.1 · As of 06/08/2026 · Crowding score 0–100, season-relative

Antwerpen (Belgium) is quietest in January: across Wk 2–4 the crowd level runs from 0 to 3 out of 100. The busiest single week falls in July (Wk 30), at 100 out of 100 with roughly 179,491 overnight stays. Calculated from open official data; the values are modelled, not counted.

How we calculate

Click a week. The panel on the right explains why it is busy or quiet.

Weather profile

Weather comfort is an absolute scale (0 = poor, 100 = ideal) and a second axis next to the season-relative crowd level.

JanuaryØ 5
FebruaryØ 17
MarchØ 27
AprilØ 43
MayØ 42
JuneØ 40
JulyØ 96
AugustØ 74
SeptemberØ 33
OctoberØ 41
NovemberØ 25
DecemberØ 20
Colour = season-relative crowd levelBar = weather comfort (Sun & warmth), absolute 0–100

Why this week?

Crowd level32/100 · fairly quiet
quietbusy
Weather comfort46/100 · Sun & warmth

-7 % versus the region's annual average.

Contributing months
May (1 %) · June (99 %)
Overnight stays/week
95,795
School-holiday pressure (source markets)
12 % of source markets on school holidays · -6 % crowding from holidays
Region range
55,827–179,491 (avg 103,467)
Base years
2022, 2023, 2024 (excluding 2020, 2021)

v1: Crowd-Score aus der Eurostat-Basisschicht (Übernachtungen), moduliert vom global (ungewichtet) gemittelten Schulferien-Druck der Quellmärkte – der Quellland-Mix liegt für dieses Ziel-Land nicht vor. Season-relativ zur Region. Event-Schichten folgen.

Pre-filled with the next date in week 23.

DestinationAntwerpen
Travel datesPick a week in the calendar

Ad · commission link

Photos: Johny Goerend · reisetopia · Dino Reichmuth on Unsplash

The year as a table to read and to cite: crowd level for every month, plus weather comfort and temperature from the climate normals.

Crowd level, weather comfort and temperature in Antwerpen by month – crowd score 0–100, season-relative to the region's own annual peak
MonthCrowd level0–100, season-relativeWeather comfort0–100, profile “mild”Avg temperature
January5205 °C
February17256 °C
March27368 °C
April435312 °C
May426716 °C
June407920 °C
July967621 °C
August747821 °C
September337218 °C
October415713 °C
November25368 °C
December20256 °C

The crowd level is season-relative: 100 is the annual peak of Antwerpen itself, not the busiest destination in Europe. The figures say when it is quiet here — not where it is quieter than elsewhere.

Weather comfort 0–100 from the climate normals, profile “mild” – the same profile as the recommendation above, not the selection in the calendar. A “–” means the data for that month is missing.

Index 1.1 · As of 06/08/2026

Three windows from the model, weighing crowd level against weather comfort.

Recommended

Wk 23–25

Best balance of weather comfort and space: crowd level around 36 out of 100, weather comfort near 79.

Crowd level
32–40
Comfort
78–80
Plan this period
Good alternative

Wk 37–39

A quieter choice in the other half of the year: crowd level around 31, weather comfort near 71.

Crowd level
29–34
Comfort
67–74
Plan this period
Avoid

Wk 28–30

The region's peak: crowd level around 98 out of 100. Only if the dates are fixed.

Crowd level
96–100
Comfort
75–76

How dense it gets here measured against Europe — on the one figure that lets two destinations be compared.

Crowd density in Antwerpen
36.03

overnight stays per km² and week

European median
11.80

overnight stays per km² and week

Furthest from the median: December, at 4.3× the value. Closest to the median: June, at 2.3× the value.

Mean across 12 months, weighted by their weeks. This density compares destinations with each other. The crowd level in the table above compares Antwerpen with itself. The two figures are never combined.

Index 1.1 · As of 06/08/2026

Average temperature with day/night range and precipitation across the twelve months.

  • Avg temperature
  • Day/night range
  • Precipitation
0210100Jan: 100 mmFeb: 60 mmMar: 73 mmApr: 66 mmMay: 88 mmJun: 62 mmJul: 97 mmAug: 74 mmSep: 79 mmOct: 93 mmNov: 89 mmDec: 66 mmJan: Ø 4 °C · Day 5 °C · Night 4 °CFeb: Ø 5 °C · Day 6 °C · Night 5 °CMar: Ø 7 °C · Day 8 °C · Night 6 °CApr: Ø 10 °C · Day 12 °C · Night 9 °CMay: Ø 14 °C · Day 16 °C · Night 12 °CJun: Ø 18 °C · Day 20 °C · Night 17 °CJul: Ø 19 °C · Day 21 °C · Night 18 °CAug: Ø 19 °C · Day 21 °C · Night 18 °CSep: Ø 16 °C · Day 18 °C · Night 15 °COct: Ø 13 °C · Day 13 °C · Night 12 °CNov: Ø 8 °C · Day 8 °C · Night 7 °CDec: Ø 6 °C · Day 6 °C · Night 5 °CJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec°Cmm
Monthly climate values
MonthAvg temperature (°C)Day avg (°C)Night avg (°C)Precipitation (mm)
Jan454100
Feb56560
Mar78673
Apr1012966
May14161288
Jun18201762
Jul19211897
Aug19211874
Sep16181579
Oct13131293
Nov88789
Dec66566

The band shows mean daytime to nighttime temperature. Precipitation shown as monthly total (mm). Typical monthly value (climate normal), not a forecast. Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2025.

Average daily solar energy across the twelve months. The higher the value, the sunnier.

3.1 kWh/m²/Tag
Annual average
Jun
Sunniest month
0.06.0Jan: 0.8 kWh/m²/TagFeb: 1.5 kWh/m²/TagMar: 2.8 kWh/m²/TagApr: 4.5 kWh/m²/TagMay: 5.3 kWh/m²/TagJun: 5.5 kWh/m²/TagJul: 5.2 kWh/m²/TagAug: 4.5 kWh/m²/TagSep: 3.3 kWh/m²/TagOct: 1.8 kWh/m²/TagNov: 1.0 kWh/m²/TagDec: 0.6 kWh/m²/TagJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeckWh
Monthly solar irradiance
MonthSolar irradiance (kWh/m²/day)
Jan0.8
Feb1.5
Mar2.8
Apr4.5
May5.3
Jun5.5
Jul5.2
Aug4.5
Sep3.3
Oct1.8
Nov1.0
Dec0.6

Mean daily solar irradiance in kWh/m²/day (≈ peak-sun-hours equivalent). Typical monthly value (climate normal), not a forecast. Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2025.

Destination airports of Antwerpen and every European departure airport with a direct connection to them.

Destination airports

Select a destination airport to see the direct departure airports.

“Directly reachable” means a direct connection exists according to our sources. We do not show a live timetable. Availability and flight days can vary by season and airline.

Data sources: direct connections from Wikipedia (“Airlines and destinations”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, aggregated and modified by us), cross-checked with Eurostat, Destatis and the UK Civil Aviation Authority; airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain). The derived connection data is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Data as of: August 2026

Mapped ski areas in this region with slope kilometres, lifts and elevation, plus the long-term snow average from our climate data.

Ski areas
1
Slopes in total
0 km
Lifts
2
Highest point
20 m
Ski areas in Antwerpen with slopes, lifts and elevation
Ski areaSlopesLiftsElevation
SnowWorld Antwerpen0.18 km218–20 m2 m vertical drop

Slope, lift and elevation figures come from open mapping and are complete to varying degrees. “Not available” means not mapped, not “does not exist”. Opening hours and season are not included. Snow figures are long-term averages for the whole region, not snow depth on the mountain and not a forecast.

Data sources: ski areas from OpenSkiMap, based on OpenStreetMap, licensed under ODbL 1.0; snow depths from ERA5-Land (Copernicus Climate Change Service).

Short answers on timing, weather and getting there, all from the data on this page.

When is the best time to visit Antwerpen?

The best time to visit Antwerpen is June (Wk 23–25): in this window the crowd level is low at around 36 out of 100 and weather comfort is good at about 79 out of 100.

When is Antwerpen quietest?

January (Wk 2–4) is the quietest time in Antwerpen. Crowd levels there sit at 0–3 out of 100, the lowest across the year.

When is Antwerpen busiest?

Antwerpen is busiest in July (Wk 30) with around 179,491 overnight stays in the peak week.

What is the weather like in Antwerpen and when is it warmest?

It is warmest in Antwerpen in August with an average of 21 °C and around 74 mm of rain in the month.

How do you get to Antwerpen?

Antwerpen is reachable via the destination airport Antwerp International Airport (ANR) with direct flights.

All figures are approximations derived from open data (crowd level from Eurostat overnight stays, climate from Copernicus/ERA5-Land), not measurements.

The Crowd Report names the emptiest weeks of the coming months — for every region, not just this one. Free, unsubscribe any time.

You will confirm your subscription by email.
Back to the map

v1 approximation, calculated from Eurostat overnight stays. Day tourism and cruises (Venice, Dubrovnik …) are still missing, so we show these destinations as quieter than they are. The crowd score is a model-based forecast, not a measurement.

How we calculate