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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
The arch at the entrance to the boardwalk, Ocean City, Maryland
Ocean City, MarylandThe arch at the entrance to the boardwalk

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Ocean City, Maryland by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Antigua Guatemala or Ocean City, Maryland?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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

Choose Ocean City, Maryland for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Ocean City, Maryland’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, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Ocean City, Maryland 40: Antigua Guatemala leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Ocean City, Maryland 14: Antigua Guatemala leads by 54 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Ocean City, Maryland 45: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Ocean City, Maryland 50: Antigua Guatemala leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Ocean City, Maryland 42: Antigua Guatemala leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Ocean City, Maryland 34: Antigua Guatemala leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Ocean City, Maryland 24: Antigua Guatemala leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Ocean City, Maryland 40: Antigua Guatemala leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Ocean City, Maryland 18: Antigua Guatemala leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Ocean City, Maryland 22: Antigua Guatemala leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Ocean City, Maryland.

Your match

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

Antigua Guatemala
Best match
47match

Wins on culture and sights and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Ocean City, Maryland
40match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Ocean City, Maryland in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
96 mmrain in the month
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaOcean City, Maryland

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.

Ocean City, Maryland 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). Ocean City, Maryland: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Ocean City / Morris Mobile Home Park (10.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaOcean City, Maryland
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123911
Elevation1,582 m2 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY)39 km from centre4 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaOcean City, Maryland
City population59,0916,844
People per km²-73
Museums within 10 km20
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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. 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.