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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
Camelback Mountain above the city, Scottsdale
ScottsdaleCamelback Mountain above the city

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Scottsdale by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Antigua Guatemala or Scottsdale?

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

  • getting around
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Scottsdale for

  • wellness
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Scottsdale’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, Scottsdale 8: Scottsdale leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Scottsdale 46: Antigua Guatemala leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Scottsdale 38: Antigua Guatemala leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Scottsdale 52: Scottsdale leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Scottsdale 68: Antigua Guatemala leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Scottsdale 50: Antigua Guatemala leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Scottsdale 60: Scottsdale leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Scottsdale 20: Antigua Guatemala leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Scottsdale 60: Scottsdale leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Scottsdale 32: Antigua Guatemala leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Scottsdale 40: Scottsdale leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Scottsdale 72: Scottsdale leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Scottsdale.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Antigua Guatemala
47match

Wins on getting around and prices with your weighting.

Scottsdale
46match

Wins on wellness and families 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

Scottsdale in July

41 °Cdaytime high
29 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaScottsdale

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). Scottsdale: 1991-2020 normals, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaScottsdale
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-7
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123911
Elevation1,582 m380 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)10 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaScottsdale
City population59,091241,361
Museums within 10 km210
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. 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.