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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Antigua Guatemala or Austin?

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
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Austin for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Austin’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, Austin 30: Austin leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Austin 66: Austin leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Austin 40: Antigua Guatemala leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Austin 65: Austin leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Austin 57: Antigua Guatemala leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Austin 58: Austin leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Austin 55: Austin leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Austin 30: Antigua Guatemala leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala and Austin are level on 45.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Austin 33: Antigua Guatemala leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Austin 77: Austin leads by 55 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Austin 40: Antigua Guatemala leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Austin.

Your match

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

Antigua Guatemala
47match

Wins on prices and getting around with your weighting.

Austin
Best match
50match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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 recordsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Austin in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaAustin

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. Antigua Guatemala: 1998-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Guatemala Aeropuertola Aurora (23.5 km from centre). Austin: 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry/Austin City Asos (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaAustin
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123911
Elevation1,582 m149 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaAustin
City population59,091961,855
People per km²-1,217
Museums within 10 km221
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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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. 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.