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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
Huntington Beach Pier on a summer day, Huntington Beach
Huntington BeachHuntington Beach Pier on a summer day

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Huntington Beach by Stephen Leonardi, Pexels License.

Antigua Guatemala or Huntington Beach?

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
  • getting around
  • prices

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

Choose Huntington Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Huntington Beach’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, Huntington Beach 70: Huntington Beach leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Huntington Beach 46: Antigua Guatemala leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Huntington Beach 14: Antigua Guatemala leads by 54 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Huntington Beach 38: Huntington Beach leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Huntington Beach 58: Antigua Guatemala leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Huntington Beach 63: Huntington Beach leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Huntington Beach 82: Huntington Beach leads by 44 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Huntington Beach 20: Antigua Guatemala leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Huntington Beach 42: Antigua Guatemala leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Huntington Beach 28: Antigua Guatemala leads by 39 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Huntington Beach 33: Huntington Beach leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Huntington Beach 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 Huntington Beach.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Huntington Beach
44match

Wins on beaches 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 seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Huntington Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaHuntington Beach

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). Huntington Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (12.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaHuntington Beach
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123911
Elevation1,582 m12 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)12 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaHuntington Beach
City population59,091198,711
People per km²-2,406
Museums within 10 km23
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.