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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
The House of the Blackheads at dusk, Riga
RigaThe House of the Blackheads at dusk

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Riga by Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Antigua Guatemala or Riga?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Riga for

  • live music and the arts
  • beaches
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Riga’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, Riga 40: Riga leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Riga 52: Riga leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Riga 66: Antigua Guatemala leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Riga 52: Riga leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Riga 55: Antigua Guatemala leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Riga 60: Riga leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Riga 50: Riga leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Riga 68: Riga leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala and Riga are level on 45.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Riga 62: Antigua Guatemala leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Riga 65: Riga leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Riga 50: Riga leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Riga.

Your match

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

Antigua Guatemala
47match

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

Riga
Best match
55match

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 seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Riga in July

24 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
18 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaRiga

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). Riga: 1991-2020 normals, Riga (4.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaRiga
Official languageSpanishLatvian
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 m6 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsRiga International Airport (RIX)9 km from centre93 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaRiga
City population59,091588,911
Museums within 10 km212
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. 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.