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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Antigua Guatemala or Marmaris?

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

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

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

Choose Marmaris for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Marmaris’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, Marmaris 80: Marmaris leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Marmaris 40: Antigua Guatemala leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Marmaris 18: Antigua Guatemala leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Marmaris 60: Marmaris leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Marmaris 72: Antigua Guatemala leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Marmaris 65: Marmaris leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Marmaris 62: Marmaris leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Marmaris 55: Antigua Guatemala leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Marmaris 38: Antigua Guatemala leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Marmaris 62: Antigua Guatemala leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Marmaris 12: Antigua Guatemala leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Marmaris 50: Marmaris leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Marmaris.

Your match

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

Antigua Guatemala
47match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Marmaris
Best match
51match

Wins on beaches 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 seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Marmaris in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
8 mmrain in the month
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaMarmaris

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.

Marmaris's temperatures are measured 49 km from the centre, at Dalaman.

Marmaris 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). Marmaris: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (48.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaMarmaris
Official languageSpanishTurkish
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+3
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123112
Elevation1,582 m7 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaMarmaris
City population59,09197,818
People per km²-111
Museums within 10 km21
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 months

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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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.