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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
Parliament Hill across the Ottawa River, Ottawa
OttawaParliament Hill across the Ottawa River

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Ottawa by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Antigua Guatemala or Ottawa?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Ottawa for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Ottawa’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, Ottawa 35: Ottawa leads by 29 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Ottawa 45: Antigua Guatemala leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Ottawa 62: Antigua Guatemala leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Ottawa 35: Ottawa leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Ottawa 68: Antigua Guatemala leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala and Ottawa are level on 55.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Ottawa 68: Ottawa leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Ottawa 62: Ottawa leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Ottawa 40: Antigua Guatemala leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Ottawa 40: Antigua Guatemala leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Ottawa 52: Ottawa leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Ottawa 55: Ottawa 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 Ottawa.

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.

Ottawa
Best match
51match

Wins on families and live music and the arts 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

Ottawa in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaOttawa

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). Ottawa: 1991-2020 normals, Ottawa CDA RCS (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaOttawa
Official languageSpanishFrench, English
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
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 m70 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsOttawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW)12 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaOttawa
City population59,0911,017,449
People per km²-366
Museums within 10 km220
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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.