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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
Rathausquai on the Reuss, Lucerne
LucerneRathausquai on the Reuss

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

Antigua Guatemala or Lucerne?

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
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Lucerne for

  • live music and the arts
  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Lucerne’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, Lucerne 35: Lucerne leads by 29 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Lucerne 35: Antigua Guatemala leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Lucerne 58: Antigua Guatemala leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Lucerne 28: Antigua Guatemala leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Lucerne 92: Lucerne leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Lucerne 78: Lucerne leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Lucerne 66: Lucerne leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Lucerne 86: Lucerne leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Lucerne 46: Lucerne leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Lucerne 8: Antigua Guatemala leads by 59 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Lucerne 66: Lucerne leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Lucerne 46: Lucerne leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Lucerne.

Your match

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

Antigua Guatemala
47match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Lucerne
Best match
54match

Wins on live music and the arts and beaches 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

Lucerne in July

24 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
141 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaLucerne

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.

Lucerne 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.

Lucerne's sunshine is measured 42 km from the centre, at Zurich Town / Ville..

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). Lucerne: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Emmen (4.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaLucerne
Official languageSpanishFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123112
Elevation1,582 m436 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)49 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaLucerne
City population59,09186,234
People per km²-2,963
Museums within 10 km214
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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.