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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antigua Guatemala or Killarney?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Killarney for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Killarney’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, Killarney 22: Killarney leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Killarney 33: Antigua Guatemala leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Killarney 28: Antigua Guatemala leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Killarney 32: Antigua Guatemala leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Killarney 82: Killarney leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Killarney 58: Killarney leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Killarney 42: Killarney leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Killarney 47: Antigua Guatemala leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Killarney 22: Antigua Guatemala leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Killarney 35: Antigua Guatemala leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Killarney 35: Killarney leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala and Killarney 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 Killarney.

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.

Killarney
40match

Wins on beaches and live music and the arts 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 recordsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Killarney in July

18 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
88 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaKillarney

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.

Killarney's temperatures are measured 53 km from the centre, at Valentia Observatory.

Killarney 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). Killarney: 1991-2020 normals, Valentia Observatory (52.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaKillarney
Official languageSpanishEnglish, Irish
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123112
Elevation1,582 m50 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaKillarney
City population59,09114,412
Museums within 10 km21
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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.