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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
White sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach, Pensacola
PensacolaWhite sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Pensacola by Jason Meredith, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Antigua Guatemala or Pensacola?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Pensacola for

  • beaches
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Pensacola’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, Pensacola 84: Pensacola leads by 78 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Pensacola 45: Antigua Guatemala leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Pensacola 45: Antigua Guatemala leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Pensacola 42: Pensacola leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Pensacola 62: Antigua Guatemala leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Pensacola 45: Antigua Guatemala leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Pensacola 62: Pensacola leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Pensacola 18: Antigua Guatemala leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Pensacola 28: Antigua Guatemala leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Pensacola 44: Antigua Guatemala leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Pensacola 36: Pensacola leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Pensacola 30: Antigua Guatemala leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Pensacola.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Antigua Guatemala
47match

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

Pensacola
45match

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

Pensacola in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
200 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaPensacola

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). Pensacola: 1991-2020 normals, Pensacola / Pleasant Grove (12.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaPensacola
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123911
Elevation1,582 m31 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsPensacola International Airport (PNS)6 km from centre27 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaPensacola
City population59,09154,312
People per km²-515
Museums within 10 km25
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 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.