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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
The skyline over the Schuylkill, Philadelphia
PhiladelphiaThe skyline over the Schuylkill

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Philadelphia by Trev W. Adams, Pexels License.

Antigua Guatemala or Philadelphia?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Philadelphia for

  • live music and the arts
  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Philadelphia’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, Philadelphia 36: Philadelphia leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Philadelphia 62: Philadelphia leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Philadelphia 72: Philadelphia leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Philadelphia 55: Philadelphia leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Philadelphia 52: Antigua Guatemala leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Philadelphia 80: Philadelphia leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Philadelphia 68: Philadelphia leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Philadelphia 66: Philadelphia leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Philadelphia 57: Philadelphia leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Philadelphia 40: Antigua Guatemala leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Philadelphia 72: Philadelphia leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Philadelphia 26: Antigua Guatemala leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Philadelphia.

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.

Philadelphia
Best match
57match

Wins on live music and the arts 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
No recordsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Philadelphia in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaPhiladelphia

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). Philadelphia: 1991-2020 normals, Philadelphia International Airport (11.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaPhiladelphia
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 m12 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsPhiladelphia International Airport (PHL)11 km from centre129 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaPhiladelphia
City population59,0911,603,797
People per km²-4,339
Museums within 10 km254
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.