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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
Painted wooden houses under palms in Key West, Key West
Key WestPainted wooden houses under palms in Key West

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Key West by Dominik Gryzbon, Pexels License.

Antigua Guatemala or Key West?

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
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Key West for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Key West’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, Key West 60: Key West leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Key West 45: Antigua Guatemala leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Key West 40: Antigua Guatemala leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Key West 62: Key West leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Key West 62: Antigua Guatemala leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Key West 28: Antigua Guatemala leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Key West 40: Key West leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Key West 62: Key West leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Key West 30: Antigua Guatemala leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Key West 15: Antigua Guatemala leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Key West 38: Key West leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Key West 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 Key West.

Your match

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Antigua Guatemala
Best match
47match

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Key West
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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

Key West in July

32 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
84 mmrain in the month
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaKey West

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.

Key West's temperatures are measured 69 km from the centre, at Key West Airport.

Key West 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). Key West: 1991-2020 normals, Key West Airport (69.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaKey West
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123911
Elevation1,582 m4 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsKey West International Airport (EYW)2 km from centre24 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaKey West
City population59,09126,444
People per km²-1,407
Museums within 10 km27
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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.