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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
The skyline and the Rocky Mountains over City Park and Ferril Lake, Denver
DenverThe skyline and the Rocky Mountains over City Park and Ferril Lake

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Denver by Zenhaus, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antigua Guatemala or Denver?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Denver for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Denver’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, Denver 5: Antigua Guatemala leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Denver 54: Denver leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Denver 44: Antigua Guatemala leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Denver 47: Denver leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Denver 84: Denver leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Denver 57: Denver leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Denver 67: Denver leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Denver 40: Antigua Guatemala leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Denver 44: Antigua Guatemala leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Denver 36: Antigua Guatemala leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Denver 66: Denver leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Denver 40: Antigua Guatemala leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Denver.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Antigua Guatemala
47match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Denver
49match

Wins on live music and the arts 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
13 hdaylight a day

Denver in July

32 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
55 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 GuatemalaDenver

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). Denver: 1991-2020 normals, Denver / Stapleton International, Co. (11.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaDenver
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 m1,609 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsDenver International Airport (DEN)30 km from centre231 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaDenver
City population59,091715,522
People per km²-1,783
Museums within 10 km226
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. 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.