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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Antigua Guatemala or Havana?

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
  • getting around
  • wellness

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

Choose Havana for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Havana’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, Havana 64: Havana leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Havana 40: Antigua Guatemala leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Havana 77: Havana leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Havana 60: Havana leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Havana 34: Antigua Guatemala leads by 44 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Havana 38: Antigua Guatemala leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Havana 34: Antigua Guatemala leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Havana 38: Antigua Guatemala leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Havana 30: Antigua Guatemala leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Havana 58: Antigua Guatemala leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Havana 74: Havana leads by 52 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Havana 22: Antigua Guatemala leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Havana.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Antigua Guatemala
47match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Havana
47match

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 seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Havana in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
118 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
13 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.

Havana 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). Havana: 1991-2020 normals, Casa Blanca, La Habana (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaHavana
Official languageSpanishSpanish
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)Cuban Peso (CUP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123Police 106, ambulance 104, fire 105
Elevation1,582 m59 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaHavana
City population59,0912,492,618
People per km²-3,423
Museums within 10 km212
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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. 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.