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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
Skiers at the foot of the slopes in the village, Copper Mountain
Copper MountainSkiers at the foot of the slopes in the village

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Copper Mountain by SparkFunElectronics, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Antigua Guatemala or Copper Mountain?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Copper Mountain for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Copper Mountain’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, Copper Mountain 3: Antigua Guatemala leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Copper Mountain 20: Antigua Guatemala leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Copper Mountain 4: Antigua Guatemala leads by 64 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Copper Mountain 12: Antigua Guatemala leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Copper Mountain 90: Copper Mountain leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala and Copper Mountain are level on 55.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Copper Mountain 62: Copper Mountain leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Copper Mountain 48: Antigua Guatemala leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Copper Mountain 8: Antigua Guatemala leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Copper Mountain 18: Antigua Guatemala leads by 49 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Copper Mountain 8: Antigua Guatemala leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Copper Mountain 28: Antigua Guatemala leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Copper Mountain.

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.

Copper Mountain
30match

Wins on families and nature and the outdoors 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

Copper Mountain in July

21 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
41 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 GuatemalaCopper Mountain

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.

Copper Mountain's temperatures are measured 35 km from the centre, at Leadville / Stringtown.

Copper Mountain 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). Copper Mountain: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (35.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaCopper Mountain
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 m2,955 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsDenver International Airport (DEN)132 km from centre231 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaCopper Mountain
City population59,091650
People per km²-8
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.