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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower

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

Antigua Guatemala or Bariloche?

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

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose Bariloche for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Bariloche’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, Bariloche 27: Bariloche leads by 21 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Bariloche 44: Antigua Guatemala leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Bariloche 27: Antigua Guatemala leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Bariloche 33: Antigua Guatemala leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Bariloche 94: Bariloche leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Bariloche 38: Antigua Guatemala leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Bariloche 55: Bariloche leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Bariloche 44: Antigua Guatemala leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Bariloche 33: Antigua Guatemala leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Bariloche 46: Antigua Guatemala leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Bariloche 27: Bariloche leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Bariloche 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 Bariloche.

Your match

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

Antigua Guatemala
Best match
47match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Bariloche
42match

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 recordsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Bariloche in July

8 °Cdaytime high
-1 °Cnight-time low
132 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

0°10°20°30°JFMAMJJASOND

Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaBariloche

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). Bariloche: 1991-2020 normals, Bariloche Aerodrome (11.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaBariloche
Official languageSpanishSpanish
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123117 or 911
Elevation1,582 m794 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaBariloche
City population59,091136,381
People per km²-619
Museums within 10 km23
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. 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.