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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
Santa Claus Village in winter, Rovaniemi
RovaniemiSanta Claus Village in winter

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Rovaniemi by Moskenes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antigua Guatemala or Rovaniemi?

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
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Rovaniemi for

  • families
  • wellness
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Rovaniemi’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, Rovaniemi 10: Rovaniemi leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Rovaniemi 25: Antigua Guatemala leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Rovaniemi 22: Antigua Guatemala leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Rovaniemi 15: Antigua Guatemala leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala and Rovaniemi are level on 78.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Rovaniemi 8: Antigua Guatemala leads by 47 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Rovaniemi 72: Rovaniemi leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Rovaniemi 36: Antigua Guatemala leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Rovaniemi 18: Antigua Guatemala leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Rovaniemi 18: Antigua Guatemala leads by 49 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala and Rovaniemi are level on 22.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Rovaniemi 60: Rovaniemi leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Rovaniemi.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Rovaniemi
32match

Wins on families and wellness 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

Rovaniemi in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
22 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaRovaniemi

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.

Rovaniemi 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). Rovaniemi: 2008-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Rovaniemi Rautatieasema / Kuusela (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaRovaniemi
Official languageSpanishFinnish, Swedish
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 m88 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsRovaniemi Airport (RVN)8 km from centre44 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaRovaniemi
City population59,09165,329
People per km²-9
Museums within 10 km26
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.