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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
The pyramids of Giza, Cairo
CairoThe pyramids of Giza

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Cairo by Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Antigua Guatemala or Cairo?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • getting around

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

Choose Cairo for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Cairo’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, Cairo 10: Cairo leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Cairo 60: Cairo leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Cairo 96: Cairo leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Cairo 48: Cairo leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Cairo 30: Antigua Guatemala leads by 48 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Cairo 66: Cairo leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Cairo 32: Antigua Guatemala leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Cairo 35: Antigua Guatemala leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Cairo 58: Cairo leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Cairo 95: Cairo leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Cairo 50: Cairo leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Cairo 15: Antigua Guatemala leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Cairo.

Your match

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

Antigua Guatemala
47match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness with your weighting.

Cairo
Best match
50match

Wins on culture and sights and prices 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

Cairo in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaCairo

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). Cairo: 1991-2020 normals, Helwan (21.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaCairo
Official languageSpanishArabic
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation1,582 m23 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsCairo International Airport (CAI)17 km from centre127 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaCairo
City population59,0919,801,536
People per km²-18,564
Museums within 10 km248
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. 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.