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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
Senate Square and the statue of Alexander II, Helsinki
HelsinkiSenate Square and the statue of Alexander II

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Helsinki by Ximonic (Simo Räsänen), CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antigua Guatemala or Helsinki?

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 Helsinki for

  • live music and the arts
  • wellness
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Helsinki’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, Helsinki 28: Helsinki leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Helsinki 52: Helsinki leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Helsinki 60: Antigua Guatemala leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Helsinki 50: Helsinki leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Helsinki 58: Antigua Guatemala leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Helsinki 62: Helsinki leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Helsinki 76: Helsinki leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Helsinki 86: Helsinki leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Helsinki 62: Helsinki leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Helsinki 30: Antigua Guatemala leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Helsinki 63: Helsinki leads by 41 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Helsinki 82: Helsinki leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Helsinki.

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.

Helsinki
Best match
59match

Wins on live music and the arts and wellness 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

Helsinki in July

22 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaHelsinki

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). Helsinki: 1991-2020 normals, Helsinki Kaisaniemi / Harju (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaHelsinki
Official languageSpanishFinnish, Swedish
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123112
Elevation1,582 m17 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsHelsinki Vantaa Airport (HEL)16 km from centre136 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaHelsinki
City population59,091694,392
People per km²-3,239
Museums within 10 km274
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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. 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.