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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
The Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church, Ljubljana
LjubljanaThe Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Ljubljana by detait, Pexels License.

Antigua Guatemala or Ljubljana?

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 Ljubljana for

  • live music and the arts
  • day trips
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Ljubljana’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, Ljubljana 22: Ljubljana leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Ljubljana 55: Ljubljana leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Ljubljana 55: Antigua Guatemala leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Ljubljana 40: Ljubljana leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Ljubljana 80: Ljubljana leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Ljubljana 78: Ljubljana leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Ljubljana 54: Ljubljana leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Ljubljana 74: Ljubljana leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Ljubljana 33: Antigua Guatemala leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Ljubljana 54: Antigua Guatemala leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Ljubljana 50: Ljubljana leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala and Ljubljana 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 Ljubljana.

Your match

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

Antigua Guatemala
47match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Ljubljana
Best match
53match

Wins on live music and the arts 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 recordsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Ljubljana in July

28 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
121 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaLjubljana

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). Ljubljana: 1991-2020 normals, Ljubljana / Bezigrad (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaLjubljana
Official languageSpanishSlovene
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123112
Elevation1,582 m309 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)20 km from centre32 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaLjubljana
City population59,091284,293
People per km²-1,736
Museums within 10 km214
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13

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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. 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.