Antwerp weather by month & the best time to visit
🇧🇪 Belgium · city break · oceanic / maritime climate
The best time to visit Antwerp is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 78/100), with June and July close behind. Antwerp averages about 1,664 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 55 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,664
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 78/100
- Rain / year
- 763 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈18 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 5 (moderate)
- Population
- 920k
- Elevation
- 8 m
When is the best time to visit Antwerp?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Antwerp is September, then June and July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 69 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Antwerp?
Antwerp isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,664 hours of sunshine a year. 78 Sunshine Score points separate September (78) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #2 of 4 destinations in Belgium for annual sunshine, above the national median of 1,637 hours. The year's 763 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 0° / 32°F | 69 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 0° / 32°F | 60 mm | 1 |
| March | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 2° / 36°F | 55 mm | 2 |
| April | 47 | 15° / 59°F | 5° / 41°F | 38 mm | 3 |
| May | 71 | 19° / 66°F | 8° / 46°F | 59 mm | 4 |
| June | 77 | 22° / 72°F | 12° / 54°F | 63 mm | 5 |
| July | 74 | 24° / 75°F | 14° / 57°F | 75 mm | 5 |
| August | 74 | 23° / 73°F | 13° / 55°F | 79 mm | 4 |
| September | 78 | 20° / 68°F | 10° / 50°F | 55 mm | 3 |
| October | 45 | 15° / 59°F | 7° / 45°F | 63 mm | 2 |
| November | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 4° / 39°F | 69 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 1° / 34°F | 78 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Brussels Belgium · 32 km · best in Sep · 1,609 h sun/yr
- Eindhoven Netherlands · 70 km · best in Sep · 1,665 h sun/yr
- Rotterdam Netherlands · 85 km · best in Jul · 1,668 h sun/yr
- Ostend Belgium · 111 km · best in Jun · 1,769 h sun/yr
- Lille France · 118 km · best in Sep · 1,703 h sun/yr
- Weeze Germany · 125 km · best in Sep · 1,580 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Liège Belgium · 92 km · 1,608 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Maastricht Netherlands · 96 km · 1,609 h sun/yr · best in Sep
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