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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
São Paulo Cathedral, Sao Paulo
Sao PauloSão Paulo Cathedral

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Sao Paulo by Webysther Nunes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antigua Guatemala or Sao Paulo?

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
  • wellness
  • getting around

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

Choose Sao Paulo for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Sao Paulo’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, Sao Paulo 42: Sao Paulo leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Sao Paulo 84: Sao Paulo leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Sao Paulo 60: Antigua Guatemala leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Sao Paulo 86: Sao Paulo leads by 52 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Sao Paulo 48: Antigua Guatemala leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Sao Paulo 47: Antigua Guatemala leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Sao Paulo 52: Sao Paulo leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Sao Paulo 44: Antigua Guatemala leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Sao Paulo 70: Sao Paulo leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Sao Paulo 62: Antigua Guatemala leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Sao Paulo 76: Sao Paulo leads by 54 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Sao Paulo 25: Antigua Guatemala leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Sao Paulo.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Sao Paulo
Best match
58match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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
13 hdaylight a day

Sao Paulo in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
53 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaSao Paulo

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). Sao Paulo: 1991-2020 normals, Sao Paulo (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaSao Paulo
Official languageSpanishPortuguese
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation1,582 m760 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU)21 km from centre104 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaSao Paulo
City population59,09111,451,999
People per km²-7,519
Museums within 10 km290
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.