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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
Banff Avenue below Cascade Mountain, Banff
BanffBanff Avenue below Cascade Mountain

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Banff by bryan pascual, Pexels License.

Antigua Guatemala or Banff?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Banff for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Banff’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, Banff 12: Banff leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Banff 32: Antigua Guatemala leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Banff 22: Antigua Guatemala leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Banff 30: Antigua Guatemala leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Banff 98: Banff leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Banff 25: Antigua Guatemala leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Banff 60: Banff leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Banff 55: Antigua Guatemala leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Banff 28: Antigua Guatemala leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Banff 18: Antigua Guatemala leads by 49 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Banff 32: Banff leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Banff 54: Banff leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Banff.

Your match

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

Antigua Guatemala
Best match
47match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Banff
39match

Wins on families 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.

Antigua Guatemala in July

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

Banff in July

23 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaBanff

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). Banff: 1991-2020 normals, Banff (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaBanff
Official languageSpanishFrench, English
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123911
Elevation1,582 m1,400 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsCalgary International Airport (YYC)109 km from centre103 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaBanff
City population59,0918,305
People per km²-1,730
Museums within 10 km24
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.