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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
The city from Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavik
ReykjavikThe city from Hallgrímskirkja

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Reykjavik by Atlantic Ambience, Pexels License.

Antigua Guatemala or Reykjavik?

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
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Reykjavik for

  • wellness
  • live music and the arts
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Reykjavik’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, Reykjavik 12: Reykjavik leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Reykjavik 42: Antigua Guatemala leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Reykjavik 25: Antigua Guatemala leads by 43 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Reykjavik 45: Reykjavik leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Reykjavik 92: Reykjavik leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Reykjavik 35: Antigua Guatemala leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Reykjavik 55: Reykjavik leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Reykjavik 55: Antigua Guatemala leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Reykjavik 25: Antigua Guatemala leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Reykjavik 6: Antigua Guatemala leads by 61 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Reykjavik 45: Reykjavik leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Reykjavik 88: Reykjavik leads by 46 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Reykjavik.

Your match

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

Antigua Guatemala
Best match
47match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Reykjavik
44match

Wins on wellness 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
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Reykjavik in July

15 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
20 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaReykjavik

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). Reykjavik: 1991-2020 normals, Reykjavik (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaReykjavik
Official languageSpanishIcelandic
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)Iceland Krona (ISK)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123112
Elevation1,582 m8 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsKeflavik International Airport (KEF)37 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaReykjavik
City population59,091138,772
People per km²-569
Museums within 10 km223
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.