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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
Vine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley, Mendoza
MendozaVine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Mendoza by David, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Antigua Guatemala or Mendoza?

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
  • getting around
  • shopping

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

Choose Mendoza for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Mendoza’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 Mendoza are level on 6.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Mendoza 68: Mendoza leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Mendoza 30: Antigua Guatemala leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Mendoza 40: Mendoza leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Mendoza 83: Mendoza leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Mendoza 52: Antigua Guatemala leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Mendoza 42: Mendoza leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Mendoza 48: Antigua Guatemala leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Mendoza 33: Antigua Guatemala leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Mendoza 56: Antigua Guatemala leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Mendoza 33: Mendoza leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Mendoza 55: Mendoza leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Mendoza.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Antigua Guatemala
47match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

Mendoza
46match

Wins on food and drink and wellness 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

Mendoza in July

15 °Cdaytime high
2 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaMendoza

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). Mendoza: 1991-2020 normals, Mendoza Aerodrome (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaMendoza
Official languageSpanishSpanish
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123117 or 911
Elevation1,582 m769 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsGovernor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ)8 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaMendoza
City population59,091127,160
People per km²-2,355
Museums within 10 km21
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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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.