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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
Cinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom, Orlando
OrlandoCinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Orlando by Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Antigua Guatemala or Orlando?

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

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Orlando for

  • families
  • beaches
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Orlando’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, Orlando 42: Orlando leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala and Orlando are level on 48.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Orlando 22: Antigua Guatemala leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Orlando 40: Orlando leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Orlando 46: Antigua Guatemala leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Orlando 58: Orlando leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Orlando 98: Orlando leads by 60 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Orlando 8: Antigua Guatemala leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Orlando 58: Orlando leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Orlando 36: Antigua Guatemala leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Orlando 40: Orlando leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Orlando 32: Antigua Guatemala leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Orlando.

Your match

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

Antigua Guatemala
Best match
47match

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

Orlando
44match

Wins on families and beaches 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
13 hdaylight a day

Orlando in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
189 mmrain in the month
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaOrlando

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). Orlando: 1991-2020 normals, Orlando Airport (14.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaOrlando
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 m34 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsOrlando International Airport (MCO)14 km from centre169 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaOrlando
City population59,091334,854
People per km²-1,086
Museums within 10 km211
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. 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.