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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
The cathedral from Piazza del Duomo, Milan
MilanThe cathedral from Piazza del Duomo

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Milan by Jiuguang Wang, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Antigua Guatemala or Milan?

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

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

Choose Milan for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Milan’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, Milan 20: Milan leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Milan 78: Milan leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Milan 78: Milan leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Milan 66: Milan leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Milan 65: Antigua Guatemala leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Milan 91: Milan leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Milan 55: Milan leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Milan 79: Milan leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Milan 92: Milan leads by 47 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Milan 33: Antigua Guatemala leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Milan 82: Milan leads by 60 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala and Milan are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Milan.

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.

Milan
Best match
65match

Wins on live music and the arts and shopping 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

Milan in July

30 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
70 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaMilan

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.

Milan 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.

Milan's sunshine is measured 41 km from the centre, at Novara / Cameri.

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). Milan: 1991-2020 normals, Milano / Linate (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaMilan
Official languageSpanishItalian
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123112
Elevation1,582 m138 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsMilan Malpensa International Airport (MXP)40 km from centre208 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaMilan
City population59,0911,354,196
People per km²-7,453
Museums within 10 km288
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14

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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.