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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

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

Antigua Guatemala or Manaus?

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

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Manaus for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Manaus’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, Manaus 38: Manaus leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Manaus 56: Manaus leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Manaus 46: Antigua Guatemala leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Manaus 42: Manaus leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Manaus 12: Antigua Guatemala leads by 43 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Manaus 35: Antigua Guatemala leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Manaus 27: Antigua Guatemala leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Manaus 36: Antigua Guatemala leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Manaus 63: Antigua Guatemala leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Manaus 54: Manaus leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Manaus 20: Antigua Guatemala leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Manaus.

Your match

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

Antigua Guatemala
Best match
47match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on beaches 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

Manaus in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
74 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaManaus

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). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaManaus
Official languageSpanishPortuguese
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-4
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation1,582 m92 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaManaus
City population59,0912,303,732
People per km²-202
Museums within 10 km213
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. 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.