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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
La Paz

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Antigua Guatemala or La Paz?

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

  • wellness
  • families
  • culture and sights

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

Choose La Paz for

  • prices
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on La Paz’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, La Paz 3: Antigua Guatemala leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, La Paz 50: La Paz leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, La Paz 52: Antigua Guatemala leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, La Paz 38: La Paz leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, La Paz 82: La Paz leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, La Paz 40: Antigua Guatemala leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, La Paz 10: Antigua Guatemala leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, La Paz 45: Antigua Guatemala leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala and La Paz are level on 45.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, La Paz 92: La Paz leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, La Paz 35: La Paz leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, La Paz 12: Antigua Guatemala leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and La Paz.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Antigua Guatemala
Best match
47match

Wins on wellness and families with your weighting.

La Paz
42match

Wins on prices 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
13 hdaylight a day

La Paz in July

13 °Cdaytime high
-2 °Cnight-time low
16 mmrain in the month
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaLa Paz

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.

La Paz has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

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). La Paz: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaLa Paz
Official languageSpanishSpanish, Aymara, Quechua, Guarani
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)Boliviano (BOB)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAC50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-4
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123911
Elevation1,582 m3,640 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsEl Alto International Airport (LPB)6 km from centre12 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaLa Paz
City population59,091755,732
People per km²-1,601
Museums within 10 km221
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.