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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane

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

Antigua Guatemala or Gdansk?

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
  • wellness
  • shopping

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

Choose Gdansk for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Gdansk’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, Gdansk 40: Gdansk leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Gdansk 50: Gdansk leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala and Gdansk are level on 68.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Gdansk 52: Gdansk leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Gdansk 58: Antigua Guatemala leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Gdansk 62: Gdansk leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Gdansk 62: Gdansk leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Gdansk 72: Gdansk leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Gdansk 42: Antigua Guatemala leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Gdansk 68: Gdansk leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Gdansk 52: Gdansk leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Gdansk 36: Antigua Guatemala leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Gdansk.

Your match

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

Antigua Guatemala
47match

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

Gdansk
Best match
55match

Wins on beaches and live music and the arts 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
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Gdansk in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
85 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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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.

Gdansk 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.

Gdansk's sunshine is measured 55 km from the centre, at Elblag.

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). Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaGdansk
Official languageSpanishPolish
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123112
Elevation1,582 m11 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaGdansk
City population59,091487,834
People per km²-714
Museums within 10 km234
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.