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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
Skiers among snow-covered firs, Beaver Creek
Beaver CreekSkiers among snow-covered firs

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Beaver Creek by Joe Lin, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Antigua Guatemala or Beaver Creek?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Beaver Creek for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Beaver Creek’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 and Beaver Creek are level on 6.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Beaver Creek 38: Antigua Guatemala leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Beaver Creek 7: Antigua Guatemala leads by 61 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Beaver Creek 12: Antigua Guatemala leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Beaver Creek 90: Beaver Creek leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Beaver Creek 40: Antigua Guatemala leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Beaver Creek 62: Beaver Creek leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Beaver Creek 45: Antigua Guatemala leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Beaver Creek 22: Antigua Guatemala leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Beaver Creek 5: Antigua Guatemala leads by 62 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Beaver Creek 36: Beaver Creek leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Beaver Creek 55: Beaver Creek leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Beaver Creek.

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.

Beaver Creek
35match

Wins on families 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
13 hdaylight a day

Beaver Creek in July

29 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
31 mmrain in the month
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaBeaver Creek

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.

Beaver Creek's temperatures are measured 34 km from the centre, at Eagle County / Gypsum.

Beaver Creek's station stands 268 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Beaver Creek 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). Beaver Creek: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Eagle County / Gypsum (33.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaBeaver Creek
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)US Dollar (USD)
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 m2,264 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsEagle County Regional Airport (EGE)34 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaBeaver Creek
City population59,091-
Museums within 10 km20
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.