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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 yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antigua Guatemala or Fort Lauderdale?

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
  • prices
  • getting around

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

Choose Fort Lauderdale for

  • beaches
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Fort Lauderdale’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, Fort Lauderdale 88: Fort Lauderdale leads by 82 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Fort Lauderdale 47: Antigua Guatemala leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Fort Lauderdale 28: Antigua Guatemala leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Fort Lauderdale 52: Fort Lauderdale leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Fort Lauderdale 62: Antigua Guatemala leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Fort Lauderdale 58: Fort Lauderdale leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Fort Lauderdale 66: Fort Lauderdale leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Fort Lauderdale 32: Antigua Guatemala leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Fort Lauderdale 52: Fort Lauderdale leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Fort Lauderdale 32: Antigua Guatemala leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Fort Lauderdale 42: Fort Lauderdale leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Fort Lauderdale 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 Fort Lauderdale.

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 prices with your weighting.

Fort Lauderdale
Best match
50match

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

Fort Lauderdale in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
166 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 GuatemalaFort Lauderdale

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). Fort Lauderdale: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Lauderdale (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaFort Lauderdale
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123911
Elevation1,582 m11 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre136 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaFort Lauderdale
City population59,091182,760
People per km²-1,829
Museums within 10 km26
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.