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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
The colonnaded court of Luxor Temple, Luxor
LuxorThe colonnaded court of Luxor Temple

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Luxor by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Antigua Guatemala or Luxor?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • nightlife

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

Choose Luxor for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Luxor’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 and Luxor are level on 6.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Luxor 30: Antigua Guatemala leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Luxor 95: Luxor leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Luxor 10: Antigua Guatemala leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Luxor 32: Antigua Guatemala leads by 46 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Luxor 62: Luxor leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Luxor 30: Antigua Guatemala leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Luxor 35: Antigua Guatemala leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Luxor 25: Antigua Guatemala leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Luxor 90: Luxor leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Luxor 10: Antigua Guatemala leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Luxor 28: Antigua Guatemala leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Luxor.

Your match

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

Antigua Guatemala
Best match
47match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Luxor
38match

Wins on culture and sights and prices 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

Luxor in July

41 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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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.

Luxor 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). Luxor: 1998-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Luxor (6.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaLuxor
Official languageSpanishArabic
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation1,582 m89 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsLuxor International Airport (LXR)7 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaLuxor
City population59,091202,232
People per km²-486
Museums within 10 km24
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. 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.