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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
The Dzhumaya Mosque, Plovdiv
PlovdivThe Dzhumaya Mosque

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Plovdiv by Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antigua Guatemala or Plovdiv?

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

  • shopping
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Plovdiv for

  • live music and the arts
  • day trips
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Plovdiv’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, Plovdiv 7: Plovdiv leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Plovdiv 50: Plovdiv leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Plovdiv 66: Antigua Guatemala leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Plovdiv 42: Plovdiv leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Plovdiv 68: Antigua Guatemala leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Plovdiv 70: Plovdiv leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Plovdiv 40: Plovdiv leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Plovdiv 65: Plovdiv leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Plovdiv 33: Antigua Guatemala leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Plovdiv 78: Plovdiv leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Plovdiv 42: Plovdiv leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Plovdiv 44: Plovdiv leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Plovdiv.

Your match

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

Antigua Guatemala
47match

Wins on shopping and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Plovdiv
Best match
50match

Wins on live music and the arts and day trips 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

Plovdiv in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaPlovdiv

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.

Plovdiv 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.

Plovdiv's sunshine is measured 75 km from the centre, at Kurdjali.

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). Plovdiv: 1997-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Plovdiv (1.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaPlovdiv
Official languageSpanishBulgarian
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123112
Elevation1,582 m172 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsPlovdiv International Airport (PDV)12 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaPlovdiv
City population59,091333,994
People per km²-3,274
Museums within 10 km218
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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.