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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Alicante or Antigua Guatemala?

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 Alicante for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nightlife

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

Choose Antigua Guatemala for

  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Antigua Guatemala’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. Alicante 82, Antigua Guatemala 6: Alicante leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Antigua Guatemala 48: Alicante leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Antigua Guatemala 68: Antigua Guatemala leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Antigua Guatemala 34: Alicante leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Antigua Guatemala 78: Antigua Guatemala leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Antigua Guatemala 55: Alicante leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Antigua Guatemala 38: Alicante leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Antigua Guatemala 60: Alicante leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Antigua Guatemala 45: Antigua Guatemala leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Antigua Guatemala 67: Antigua Guatemala leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Antigua Guatemala 22: Alicante leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Antigua Guatemala 42: Antigua Guatemala leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Antigua Guatemala.

Your match

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

Alicante
Best match
59match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Antigua Guatemala
47match

Wins on culture and sights and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Alicante in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Antigua Guatemala in July

25 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
188 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AlicanteAntigua Guatemala

Where the figures come from

Antigua Guatemala 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Antigua Guatemala: 1998-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Guatemala Aeropuertola Aurora (23.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteAntigua Guatemala
Official languageSpanishSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Quetzal (GTQ)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112Police 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123
Elevation3 m1,582 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteAntigua Guatemala
City population366,22159,091
People per km²1,819-
Museums within 10 km82
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months-

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.