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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
A skier in powder among snow-covered firs at Marmot Basin, Jasper
JasperA skier in powder among snow-covered firs at Marmot Basin

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Jasper by Marmot Basin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antigua Guatemala or Jasper?

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
  • day trips
  • prices

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

Choose Jasper for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Jasper’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, Jasper 25: Jasper leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Jasper 22: Antigua Guatemala leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Jasper 10: Antigua Guatemala leads by 58 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Jasper 14: Antigua Guatemala leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Jasper 95: Jasper leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Jasper 8: Antigua Guatemala leads by 47 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Jasper 42: Jasper leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Jasper 18: Antigua Guatemala leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Jasper 12: Antigua Guatemala leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Jasper 20: Antigua Guatemala leads by 47 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Jasper 7: Antigua Guatemala leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Jasper 46: Jasper leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Jasper.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Jasper
27match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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

Jasper in July

24 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaJasper

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). Jasper: 1991-2020 normals, Jasper Warden (7.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaJasper
Official languageSpanishFrench, English
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123911
Elevation1,582 m1,060 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsEdmonton International Airport (YEG)304 km from centre52 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaJasper
City population59,0914,738
People per km²-5
Museums within 10 km21
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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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. 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.