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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
Nyhavn, Copenhagen
CopenhagenNyhavn

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Copenhagen by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antigua Guatemala or Copenhagen?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Copenhagen for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Copenhagen’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, Copenhagen 40: Copenhagen leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Copenhagen 76: Copenhagen leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Copenhagen 72: Copenhagen leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Copenhagen 60: Copenhagen leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Copenhagen 45: Antigua Guatemala leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Copenhagen 72: Copenhagen leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Copenhagen 85: Copenhagen leads by 47 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Copenhagen 85: Copenhagen leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Copenhagen 70: Copenhagen leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Copenhagen 18: Antigua Guatemala leads by 49 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Copenhagen 68: Copenhagen leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Copenhagen 55: Copenhagen 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 Copenhagen.

Your match

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

Antigua Guatemala
47match

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

Copenhagen
Best match
62match

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
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Copenhagen in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
17 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaCopenhagen

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). Copenhagen: 1991-2020 normals, Koebenhavn / Landbohoejskolen (2.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaCopenhagen
Official languageSpanishDanish
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)Danish Krone (DKK)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCEFK230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123112
Elevation1,582 m14 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsCopenhagen Kastrup Airport (CPH)8 km from centre196 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaCopenhagen
City population59,091667,099
People per km²-7,339
Museums within 10 km272
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.