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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License.

Antigua Guatemala or Jerusalem?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Jerusalem for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Jerusalem’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, Jerusalem 40: Jerusalem leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Jerusalem 66: Jerusalem leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Jerusalem 92: Jerusalem leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Jerusalem 38: Jerusalem leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Jerusalem 60: Antigua Guatemala leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Jerusalem 80: Jerusalem leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Jerusalem 52: Jerusalem leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Jerusalem 55: Antigua Guatemala leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Jerusalem 48: Jerusalem leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Jerusalem 20: Antigua Guatemala leads by 47 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Jerusalem 40: Jerusalem leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala and Jerusalem are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Jerusalem.

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.

Jerusalem
Best match
53match

Wins on beaches and day trips 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

Jerusalem in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaJerusalem

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.

Jerusalem 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). Jerusalem: 1991-2020 normals, Jerusalem (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaJerusalem
Official languageSpanishHebrew
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123Police 100, fire 102
Elevation1,582 m754 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaJerusalem
City population59,0911,050,151
People per km²-8,374
Museums within 10 km269
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km17
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 months

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.