Country guide

Belgium

Medieval Bruges and Ghent, Brussels' art nouveau grandeur and beer culture taken as seriously as anywhere on earth.

Currency

EUR

Language

Dutch

+ French

English

Widely spoken

Payment

Cards everywhere

Power

Type C / E

230 V, 50 Hz

Dialing

+32

Destinations

Belgium

Antwerp

Rubens's home town, the world's diamond counter and the birthplace of Belgian fashion, all inside one walkable Flemish port.

✓ best Apr-Oct

Belgium

Ardennes (Bastogne)

Belgium's forested south: kayak rivers and castle villages wrapped around the town the 101st Airborne refused to give up.

✓ best May-Jul, Sep

Belgium

Bruges

Medieval Europe left standing almost whole, because the city went broke in the 1500s and nobody could afford to rebuild it.

✓ best Apr-Oct

Belgium

Brussels

Europe's most ornate square, hidden in a scruffy working capital that also does the continent's best beer, chocolate and fries.

✓ best Apr-Oct

Belgium

Ghent

A medieval cloth-trade metropolis with van Eyck's altarpiece and a castle in its centre, run today as a student city rather than a showpiece.

✓ best Apr-Oct

Belgium

Leuven

A six-century-old university town with a Town Hall like carved stone lace and a square that is one long bar.

✓ best Apr-Oct

Belgium

Ostend

Belgium's queen of the seaside: a royal promenade, a fishing harbour and James Ensor's home town.

✓ best Apr-Oct

Belgium

Ypres

The town where the Western Front is remembered every single evening.

✓ best Apr-Oct

Climate zones, month by month

Belgium has 8 distinct climate zones. The right month depends on where in the country you're going.

Antwerp Flanders →

Jan

7°

1°

68mm

12d rain

Feb

8°

1°

60mm

11d rain

Mar

11°

3°

54mm

10d rain

Apr

15°

5°

42mm

8d rain

May

19°

9°

58mm

10d rain

Jun

22°

12°

73mm

10d rain

Jul

24°

14°

79mm

10d rain

Aug

24°

14°

84mm

10d rain

Sep

20°

11°

70mm

10d rain

Oct

15°

7°

66mm

11d rain

Nov

10°

4°

76mm

12d rain

Dec

7°

2°

89mm

14d rain

✓ Best Apr-Oct · ✗ Avoid Dec-Jan

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Ardennes (Bastogne) Wallonia →

Jan

3°

-2°

106mm

15d rain

Feb

4°

-2°

89mm

13d rain

Mar

8°

0°

85mm

14d rain

Apr

12°

3°

65mm

10d rain

May

16°

7°

82mm

12d rain

Jun

19°

10°

84mm

11d rain

Jul

21°

12°

90mm

12d rain

Aug

21°

12°

102mm

12d rain

Sep

17°

9°

82mm

11d rain

Oct

12°

6°

88mm

13d rain

Nov

7°

2°

96mm

15d rain

Dec

4°

-1°

124mm

17d rain

✓ Best May-Jul, Sep · ✗ Avoid Nov-Feb

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Bruges Flanders →

Jan

7°

1°

62mm

12d rain

Feb

7°

1°

56mm

10d rain

Mar

10°

3°

46mm

9d rain

Apr

13°

5°

41mm

8d rain

May

16°

9°

54mm

9d rain

Jun

19°

12°

63mm

9d rain

Jul

21°

13°

68mm

9d rain

Aug

22°

13°

82mm

10d rain

Sep

19°

11°

73mm

10d rain

Oct

15°

8°

80mm

12d rain

Nov

10°

5°

89mm

14d rain

Dec

7°

2°

86mm

14d rain

✓ Best Apr-Oct · ✗ Avoid Jan

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Brussels →

Jan

6°

1°

76mm

13d rain

Feb

7°

2°

65mm

12d rain

Mar

11°

4°

59mm

11d rain

Apr

15°

6°

47mm

9d rain

May

18°

9°

60mm

10d rain

Jun

21°

12°

71mm

10d rain

Jul

23°

14°

77mm

10d rain

Aug

23°

14°

87mm

10d rain

Sep

20°

11°

65mm

10d rain

Oct

15°

8°

68mm

11d rain

Nov

10°

5°

76mm

12d rain

Dec

7°

2°

87mm

14d rain

✓ Best Apr-Oct · ✗ Avoid Dec-Jan

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Ghent Flanders →

Jan

7°

1°

68mm

12d rain

Feb

8°

1°

56mm

11d rain

Mar

11°

3°

53mm

11d rain

Apr

15°

5°

44mm

10d rain

May

19°

9°

55mm

10d rain

Jun

21°

12°

70mm

10d rain

Jul

24°

14°

72mm

10d rain

Aug

24°

14°

80mm

10d rain

Sep

20°

11°

67mm

10d rain

Oct

15°

8°

68mm

11d rain

Nov

10°

5°

79mm

13d rain

Dec

7°

2°

84mm

14d rain

✓ Best Apr-Oct · ✗ Avoid Dec-Jan

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Leuven Flanders →

Jan

6°

1°

67mm

12d rain

Feb

7°

1°

57mm

11d rain

Mar

11°

3°

52mm

10d rain

Apr

15°

5°

43mm

9d rain

May

19°

9°

56mm

10d rain

Jun

22°

12°

67mm

10d rain

Jul

24°

14°

71mm

10d rain

Aug

24°

13°

78mm

10d rain

Sep

20°

11°

59mm

10d rain

Oct

15°

7°

62mm

10d rain

Nov

10°

4°

70mm

12d rain

Dec

7°

2°

81mm

13d rain

✓ Best Apr-Oct · ✗ Avoid Dec-Jan

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Ostend North Sea Coast →

Jan

7°

1°

62mm

12d rain

Feb

7°

1°

56mm

10d rain

Mar

10°

3°

46mm

9d rain

Apr

13°

5°

41mm

8d rain

May

16°

9°

54mm

9d rain

Jun

19°

12°

63mm

9d rain

Jul

21°

13°

68mm

9d rain

Aug

22°

13°

82mm

10d rain

Sep

19°

11°

73mm

10d rain

Oct

15°

8°

80mm

12d rain

Nov

10°

5°

89mm

14d rain

Dec

7°

2°

86mm

14d rain

✓ Best Apr-Oct · ✗ Avoid Jan

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Ypres Flanders Fields →

Jan

7°

2°

59mm

12d rain

Feb

8°

2°

56mm

11d rain

Mar

11°

3°

50mm

10d rain

Apr

14°

5°

40mm

8d rain

May

17°

9°

56mm

9d rain

Jun

20°

11°

62mm

9d rain

Jul

22°

13°

67mm

9d rain

Aug

22°

13°

78mm

10d rain

Sep

20°

11°

76mm

10d rain

Oct

15°

8°

79mm

12d rain

Nov

11°

5°

89mm

14d rain

Dec

8°

2°

87mm

14d rain

✓ Best Apr-Oct

Cards tinted by calculated verdict · big number = typical daily high, small = low · hover for conditions