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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
The Römer, the old city hall, Frankfurt
FrankfurtThe Römer, the old city hall

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Frankfurt by Thomas Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, cropped.

Antigua Guatemala or Frankfurt?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Frankfurt for

  • live music and the arts
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Frankfurt’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, Frankfurt 8: Frankfurt leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Frankfurt 52: Frankfurt leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Frankfurt 60: Antigua Guatemala leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Frankfurt 52: Frankfurt leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Frankfurt 58: Antigua Guatemala leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Frankfurt 86: Frankfurt leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Frankfurt 62: Frankfurt leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Frankfurt 78: Frankfurt leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Frankfurt 56: Frankfurt leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Frankfurt 38: Antigua Guatemala leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Frankfurt 68: Frankfurt leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Frankfurt 52: Frankfurt leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Frankfurt.

Your match

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

Antigua Guatemala
47match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Frankfurt
Best match
56match

Wins on live music and the arts and day trips 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

Frankfurt in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
68 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaFrankfurt

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). Frankfurt: 1991-2020 normals, Frankfurt Westend (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaFrankfurt
Official languageSpanishGerman
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123112
Elevation1,582 m101 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsFrankfurt Main Airport (FRA)13 km from centre281 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaFrankfurt
City population59,091760,656
People per km²-3,063
Museums within 10 km253
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.