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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
The Assembly Hall on Temple Square, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake CityThe Assembly Hall on Temple Square

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Salt Lake City by hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Antigua Guatemala or Salt Lake 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
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Salt Lake City for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Salt Lake 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, Salt Lake City 12: Salt Lake City leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Salt Lake City 40: Antigua Guatemala leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Salt Lake City 42: Antigua Guatemala leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Salt Lake City 30: Antigua Guatemala leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Salt Lake City 90: Salt Lake City leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Salt Lake City 34: Antigua Guatemala leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Salt Lake City 72: Salt Lake City leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Salt Lake City 42: Antigua Guatemala leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Salt Lake City 36: Antigua Guatemala leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Salt Lake City 40: Antigua Guatemala leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Salt Lake City 55: Salt Lake City leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Salt Lake City 38: Antigua Guatemala leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Salt Lake City.

Your match

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Antigua Guatemala
Best match
47match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Salt Lake City
44match

Wins on families 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
13 hdaylight a day

Salt Lake City in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaSalt Lake 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). Salt Lake City: 1991-2020 normals, Salt Lake City International Airport (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaSalt Lake City
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123911
Elevation1,582 m1,288 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)9 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaSalt Lake City
City population59,091199,723
People per km²-690
Museums within 10 km212
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. 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.