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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
The Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken, Interlaken
InterlakenThe Aare at Unterseen, Interlaken

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Interlaken by Roy Egloff, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antigua Guatemala or Interlaken?

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
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Interlaken for

  • families
  • beaches
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Interlaken’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, Interlaken 30: Interlaken leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Interlaken 25: Antigua Guatemala leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Interlaken 8: Antigua Guatemala leads by 60 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Interlaken 15: Antigua Guatemala leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Interlaken 97: Interlaken leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Interlaken 78: Interlaken leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Interlaken 72: Interlaken leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Interlaken 80: Interlaken leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Interlaken 22: Antigua Guatemala leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Interlaken 8: Antigua Guatemala leads by 59 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Interlaken 15: Antigua Guatemala leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Interlaken 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 Interlaken.

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 prices with your weighting.

Interlaken
41match

Wins on families and beaches 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

Interlaken in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
126 mmrain in the month
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaInterlaken

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.

Interlaken 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). Interlaken: 2005-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Meiringen / Unterbach (19.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaInterlaken
Official languageSpanishFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123112
Elevation1,582 m571 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)100 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaInterlaken
City population59,0916,123
People per km²-1,424
Museums within 10 km23
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12

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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. 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.