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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
The Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Seattle by Caio, Pexels License.

Antigua Guatemala or Seattle?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Seattle for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Seattle’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, Seattle 30: Seattle leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Seattle 66: Seattle leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Seattle 50: Antigua Guatemala leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Seattle 55: Seattle leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Seattle 87: Seattle leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala and Seattle are level on 55.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Seattle 64: Seattle leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala and Seattle are level on 60.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Seattle 52: Seattle leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Seattle 22: Antigua Guatemala leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Seattle 70: Seattle leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Seattle 40: Antigua Guatemala leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Seattle.

Your match

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

Antigua Guatemala
47match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Seattle
Best match
54match

Wins on live music and the arts 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
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaSeattle

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). Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaSeattle
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123911
Elevation1,582 m40 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaSeattle
City population59,091737,015
People per km²-1,996
Museums within 10 km227
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.