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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas

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

Antigua Guatemala or Maastricht?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Maastricht for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Maastricht’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, Maastricht 8: Maastricht leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Maastricht 58: Maastricht leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Maastricht 60: Antigua Guatemala leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Maastricht 42: Maastricht leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Maastricht 58: Antigua Guatemala leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Maastricht 77: Maastricht leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Maastricht 55: Maastricht leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Maastricht 74: Maastricht leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Maastricht 60: Maastricht leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Maastricht 38: Antigua Guatemala leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Maastricht 40: Maastricht leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Maastricht 52: Maastricht leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Maastricht.

Your match

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

Antigua Guatemala
47match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Maastricht
Best match
52match

Wins on day trips 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
13 hdaylight a day

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 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 GuatemalaMaastricht

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). Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaMaastricht
Official languageSpanishDutch
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 m49 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaMaastricht
City population59,091120,227
People per km²-2,000
Museums within 10 km221
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15

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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.