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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
The Auckland skyline and Sky Tower from the Waitematā Harbour, Auckland
AucklandThe Auckland skyline and Sky Tower from the Waitematā Harbour

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain.

Antigua Guatemala or Auckland?

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 Antigua Guatemala for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose Auckland for

  • beaches
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Auckland’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. Antigua Guatemala 6, Auckland 68: Auckland leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Auckland 62: Auckland leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Auckland 44: Antigua Guatemala leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Auckland 42: Auckland leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Auckland 83: Auckland leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala and Auckland are level on 55.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Auckland 70: Auckland leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Auckland 42: Antigua Guatemala leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala and Auckland are level on 45.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Auckland 32: Antigua Guatemala leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Auckland 45: Auckland leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Auckland 45: Auckland leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Auckland.

Your match

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

Antigua Guatemala
47match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Auckland
Best match
53match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Antigua Guatemala in July

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

Auckland in July

14 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
135 mmrain in the month
14 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaAuckland

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.

Auckland's station stands 189 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antigua Guatemala: 1998-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Guatemala Aeropuertola Aurora (23.5 km from centre). Auckland: 1961-1990 normals, Auckland Aerodrome Aws (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaAuckland
Official languageSpanishEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123111
Elevation1,582 m196 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaAuckland
City population59,0911,470,100
People per km²-2,630
Museums within 10 km215
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-1 month

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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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.