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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
The old town on the Neckar, Heidelberg
HeidelbergThe old town on the Neckar

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Heidelberg by Kuanling Chen, Pexels License.

Antigua Guatemala or Heidelberg?

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 Heidelberg for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Heidelberg’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, Heidelberg 7: Heidelberg leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Heidelberg 40: Antigua Guatemala leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Heidelberg 58: Antigua Guatemala leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Heidelberg 38: Heidelberg leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Heidelberg 60: Antigua Guatemala leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Heidelberg 78: Heidelberg leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Heidelberg 62: Heidelberg leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Heidelberg 72: Heidelberg leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Heidelberg 40: Antigua Guatemala leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Heidelberg 42: Antigua Guatemala leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Heidelberg 48: Heidelberg leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Heidelberg 44: Heidelberg 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 Heidelberg.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Antigua Guatemala
47match

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

Heidelberg
49match

Wins on live music and the arts 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 recordsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Heidelberg in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
80 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 GuatemalaHeidelberg

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). Heidelberg: 1991-2020 normals, Heidelberg (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaHeidelberg
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 m114 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsFrankfurt Main Airport (FRA)69 km from centre281 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaHeidelberg
City population59,091156,092
People per km²-1,433
Museums within 10 km217
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.