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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
Skiers and chairlifts on the slopes in sunshine, Deer Valley
Deer ValleySkiers and chairlifts on the slopes in sunshine

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Deer Valley by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Antigua Guatemala or Deer Valley?

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 Deer Valley for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Deer Valley’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, Deer Valley 10: Deer Valley leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Deer Valley 38: Antigua Guatemala leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Deer Valley 15: Antigua Guatemala leads by 53 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Deer Valley 25: Antigua Guatemala leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Deer Valley 90: Deer Valley leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Deer Valley 38: Antigua Guatemala leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Deer Valley 60: Deer Valley leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Deer Valley 50: Antigua Guatemala leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Deer Valley 25: Antigua Guatemala leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Deer Valley 4: Antigua Guatemala leads by 63 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Deer Valley 30: Deer Valley leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Deer Valley 52: Deer Valley leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Deer Valley.

Your match

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Antigua Guatemala
Best match
47match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Deer Valley
36match

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

Deer Valley in July

28 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
23 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 GuatemalaDeer Valley

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.

Deer Valley's temperatures are measured 82 km from the centre, at Evanston.

Deer Valley's station stands 297 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Deer Valley 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). Deer Valley: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Evanston (81.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaDeer Valley
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 m2,474 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)45 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaDeer Valley
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.