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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
White sand and parasols on the beach, Destin
DestinWhite sand and parasols on the beach

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Destin by #KenFL74, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Antigua Guatemala or Destin?

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
  • getting around
  • prices

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

Choose Destin for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Destin’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, Destin 86: Destin leads by 80 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Destin 42: Antigua Guatemala leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Destin 14: Antigua Guatemala leads by 54 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Destin 36: Destin leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Destin 56: Antigua Guatemala leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Destin 44: Antigua Guatemala leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Destin 72: Destin leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Destin 20: Antigua Guatemala leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Destin 40: Antigua Guatemala leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Destin 34: Antigua Guatemala leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Destin 20: Antigua Guatemala leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Destin 33: Antigua Guatemala leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Destin.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Destin
41match

Wins on beaches 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
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Destin in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaDestin

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.

Destin 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). Destin: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Destin (0.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaDestin
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123911
Elevation1,582 m8 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsDestin-Fort Walton Beach Airport (VPS)11 km from centre45 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaDestin
City population59,09113,931
People per km²-636
Museums within 10 km21
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 months

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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. 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.