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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antigua Guatemala or Quebec City?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Quebec City for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Quebec City’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, Quebec City 18: Quebec City leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Quebec City 57: Quebec City leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Quebec City 70: Quebec City leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Quebec City 42: Quebec City leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Quebec City 79: Quebec City leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Quebec City 58: Quebec City leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Quebec City 64: Quebec City leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Quebec City 50: Antigua Guatemala leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala and Quebec City are level on 45.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Quebec City 45: Antigua Guatemala leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Quebec City 52: Quebec City leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Quebec City 55: Quebec City 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 Quebec City.

Your match

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

Antigua Guatemala
47match

Wins on prices and getting around with your weighting.

Quebec City
Best match
53match

Wins on live music and the arts 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
13 hdaylight a day

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

-10°0°10°20°30°JFMAMJJASOND

Rainfall in the month, mm

0100200300JFMAMJJASOND
Antigua GuatemalaQuebec City

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). Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaQuebec City
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 m98 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaQuebec City
City population59,091574,482
People per km²-1,184
Museums within 10 km216
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.