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Skiers at the Albion base of the ski area, Alta, Utah
Alta, UtahSkiers at the Albion base of the ski area
The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua

Photos: Alta, Utah by Sumanch, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Alta, Utah 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 Alta, Utah for

  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Alta, Utah’s own page.

Choose Antigua Guatemala for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • shopping

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. Alta, Utah 3, Antigua Guatemala 6: Antigua Guatemala leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Alta, Utah 15, Antigua Guatemala 48: Antigua Guatemala leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Alta, Utah 5, Antigua Guatemala 68: Antigua Guatemala leads by 63 points.
Nightlife. Alta, Utah 4, Antigua Guatemala 34: Antigua Guatemala leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alta, Utah 90, Antigua Guatemala 78: Alta, Utah leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Alta, Utah 40, Antigua Guatemala 55: Antigua Guatemala leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Alta, Utah 30, Antigua Guatemala 38: Antigua Guatemala leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Alta, Utah 35, Antigua Guatemala 60: Antigua Guatemala leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Alta, Utah 4, Antigua Guatemala 45: Antigua Guatemala leads by 41 points.
Affordability. Alta, Utah 15, Antigua Guatemala 67: Antigua Guatemala leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alta, Utah 3, Antigua Guatemala 22: Antigua Guatemala leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alta, Utah 35, Antigua Guatemala 42: Antigua Guatemala leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alta, Utah and Antigua Guatemala.

Your match

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

Alta, Utah
23match

Wins on nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Antigua Guatemala
Best match
47match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Alta, Utah in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
15 hdaylight a day

Antigua Guatemala in July

25 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
188 mmrain in the month
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Alta, UtahAntigua Guatemala

Where the figures come from

Alta, Utah has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

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. Alta, Utah: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km. Antigua Guatemala: 1998-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Guatemala Aeropuertola Aurora (23.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlta, UtahAntigua Guatemala
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Quetzal (GTQ)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number911Police 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123
Elevation2,610 m1,582 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)37 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlta, UtahAntigua Guatemala
City population22859,091
People per km²19-
Museums within 10 km02
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.