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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
A paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz, Fethiye
FethiyeA paraglider over the beach at Ölüdeniz

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Fethiye by rheins, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Antigua Guatemala or Fethiye?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Fethiye for

  • beaches
  • families
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Fethiye’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, Fethiye 82: Fethiye leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Fethiye 45: Antigua Guatemala leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Fethiye 35: Antigua Guatemala leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Fethiye 42: Fethiye leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Fethiye 84: Fethiye leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Fethiye 76: Fethiye leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Fethiye 60: Fethiye leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Fethiye 50: Antigua Guatemala leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Fethiye 38: Antigua Guatemala leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Fethiye 62: Antigua Guatemala leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Fethiye 15: Antigua Guatemala leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Fethiye 55: Fethiye leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Fethiye.

Your match

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

Antigua Guatemala
47match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

Fethiye
Best match
54match

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

Fethiye in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
8 mmrain in the month
26 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaFethiye

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.

Fethiye's temperatures are measured 31 km from the centre, at Dalaman.

Fethiye 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). Fethiye: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (30.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaFethiye
Official languageSpanishTurkish
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+3
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123112
Elevation1,582 m0 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsDalaman International Airport (DLM)30 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaFethiye
City population59,091182,200
Museums within 10 km21
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.