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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
The blue gate of Bab Bou Jeloud, Fes
FesThe blue gate of Bab Bou Jeloud

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

Antigua Guatemala or Fes?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife
  • getting around

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

Choose Fes for

  • wellness
  • shopping
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Fes’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, Fes 5: Antigua Guatemala leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Fes 62: Fes leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Fes 80: Fes leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Fes 12: Antigua Guatemala leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Fes 52: Antigua Guatemala leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Fes 62: Fes leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Fes 22: Antigua Guatemala leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Fes 40: Antigua Guatemala leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Fes 68: Fes leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Fes 80: Fes leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Fes 32: Fes leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Fes 70: Fes leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Fes.

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 nature and the outdoors and nightlife with your weighting.

Fes
49match

Wins on wellness and shopping 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 recordsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Fes in July

36 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaFes

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.

Fes's station stands 171 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Fes 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.

Fes's sunshine is measured 52 km from the centre, at Meknes.

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). Fes: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Fes-Sais (12.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaFes
Official languageSpanishArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation1,582 m408 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsFes Saïss International Airport (FEZ)13 km from centre35 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaFes
City population59,0911,167,842
People per km²-3,650
Museums within 10 km22
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.