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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
The Friedrichsbad, the historic bathhouse, Baden-Baden
Baden-BadenThe Friedrichsbad, the historic bathhouse

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Baden-Baden by Kent Wang, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Antigua Guatemala or Baden-Baden?

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
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Baden-Baden for

  • wellness
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Baden-Baden’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, Baden-Baden 8: Baden-Baden leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Baden-Baden 45: Antigua Guatemala leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Baden-Baden 52: Antigua Guatemala leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Baden-Baden 15: Antigua Guatemala leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Baden-Baden 70: Antigua Guatemala leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Baden-Baden 78: Baden-Baden leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Baden-Baden 50: Baden-Baden leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Baden-Baden 62: Baden-Baden leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Baden-Baden 38: Antigua Guatemala leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Baden-Baden 30: Antigua Guatemala leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Baden-Baden 58: Baden-Baden leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Baden-Baden 96: Baden-Baden leads by 54 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Baden-Baden.

Your match

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Antigua Guatemala
47match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Baden-Baden
Best match
50match

Wins on wellness and live music and the arts 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

Baden-Baden in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
117 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaBaden-Baden

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). Baden-Baden: 1991-2020 normals, Baden-Baden-Geroldsau (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaBaden-Baden
Official languageSpanishGerman
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123112
Elevation1,582 m181 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsKarlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport (FKB)12 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaBaden-Baden
City population59,09156,952
People per km²-406
Museums within 10 km211
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.