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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
The old town hall, Boca Raton
Boca RatonThe old town hall

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Boca Raton by Spudgun67, CC0.

Antigua Guatemala or Boca Raton?

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 Boca Raton for

  • beaches
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Boca Raton’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, Boca Raton 82: Boca Raton leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Boca Raton 44: Antigua Guatemala leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Boca Raton 28: Antigua Guatemala leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Boca Raton 32: Antigua Guatemala leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Boca Raton 50: Antigua Guatemala leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Boca Raton 60: Boca Raton leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Boca Raton 62: Boca Raton leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Boca Raton 18: Antigua Guatemala leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Boca Raton 54: Boca Raton leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Boca Raton 22: Antigua Guatemala leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Boca Raton 33: Boca Raton leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala and Boca Raton are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Boca Raton.

Your match

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Antigua Guatemala
Best match
47match

Wins on prices and getting around with your weighting.

Boca Raton
44match

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 seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Boca Raton in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
191 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaBoca Raton

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.

Boca Raton 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). Boca Raton: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Pompano Beach / Kendall Green (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaBoca Raton
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123911
Elevation1,582 m4 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)33 km from centre138 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaBoca Raton
City population59,09197,422
People per km²-1,203
Museums within 10 km25
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.