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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Antigua Guatemala or Guilin?

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
  • shopping
  • getting around

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

Choose Guilin for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Guilin’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, Guilin 8: Guilin leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Guilin 45: Antigua Guatemala leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Guilin 40: Antigua Guatemala leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Guilin 30: Antigua Guatemala leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Guilin 88: Guilin leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Guilin 56: Guilin leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Guilin 45: Guilin leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Guilin 45: Antigua Guatemala leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Guilin 28: Antigua Guatemala leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Guilin 78: Guilin leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Guilin 30: Guilin leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Guilin 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 Guilin.

Your match

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

Antigua Guatemala
Best match
47match

Wins on culture and sights and shopping with your weighting.

Guilin
44match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors 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
13 hdaylight a day

Guilin in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
248 mmrain in the month
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaGuilin

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). Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaGuilin
Official languageSpanishPutonghua
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation1,582 m153 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaGuilin
City population59,0914,931,137
Museums within 10 km21
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. 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.