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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
The Latin Bridge over the Miljacka, Sarajevo
SarajevoThe Latin Bridge over the Miljacka

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Sarajevo by Tumi-1983, CC0.

Antigua Guatemala or Sarajevo?

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

  • shopping
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Sarajevo for

  • live music and the arts
  • prices
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Sarajevo’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 and Sarajevo are level on 6.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Sarajevo 60: Sarajevo leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Sarajevo 64: Antigua Guatemala leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Sarajevo 44: Sarajevo leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala and Sarajevo are level on 78.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Sarajevo 62: Sarajevo leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala and Sarajevo are level on 38.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala and Sarajevo are level on 60.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Sarajevo 40: Antigua Guatemala leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Sarajevo 80: Sarajevo leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Sarajevo 40: Sarajevo leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala and Sarajevo are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Sarajevo.

Your match

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

Antigua Guatemala
47match

Wins on shopping and culture and sights with your weighting.

Sarajevo
Best match
51match

Wins on live music and the arts and prices 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

Sarajevo in July

28 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaSarajevo

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). Sarajevo: 1991-2020 normals, Sarajevo-Bejelave (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaSarajevo
Official languageSpanishCroatian, Serbian, Bosnian
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)Convertible Mark (BAM)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123112
Elevation1,582 m518 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)7 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaSarajevo
City population59,091275,524
People per km²-1,947
Museums within 10 km225
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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. 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.