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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
The railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield, Manchester
ManchesterThe railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Manchester by IIya Kuzhekin, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Antigua Guatemala or Manchester?

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

  • wellness
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Manchester for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Manchester’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, Manchester 9: Manchester leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Manchester 51: Manchester leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Manchester 50: Antigua Guatemala leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Manchester 72: Manchester leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Manchester 64: Antigua Guatemala leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Manchester 77: Manchester leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Manchester 58: Manchester leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Manchester 68: Manchester leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Manchester 62: Manchester leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Manchester 42: Antigua Guatemala leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Manchester 74: Manchester leads by 52 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Manchester 15: Antigua Guatemala leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Manchester.

Your match

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

Antigua Guatemala
47match

Wins on wellness and prices with your weighting.

Manchester
Best match
54match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Manchester in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
60 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaManchester

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). Manchester: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (14.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaManchester
Official languageSpanishEnglish
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123112 or 999
Elevation1,582 m38 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsManchester Airport (MAN)15 km from centre211 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaManchester
City population59,091547,627
People per km²-4,737
Museums within 10 km228
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.