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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
Hanok houses in Bukchon, Seoul
SeoulHanok houses in Bukchon

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Seoul by 거열 박, Pexels License.

Antigua Guatemala or Seoul?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Seoul for

  • nightlife
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Seoul’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, Seoul 18: Seoul leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Seoul 75: Antigua Guatemala leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Seoul 77: Seoul leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Seoul 80: Seoul leads by 42 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Seoul 87: Seoul leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Seoul 85: Seoul leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Seoul 50: Antigua Guatemala leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Seoul 63: Seoul leads by 41 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 33 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Seoul.

Your match

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

Antigua Guatemala
47match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Seoul
Best match
71match

Wins on nightlife 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 recordsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Seoul in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
422 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaSeoul

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). Seoul: 1991-2020 normals, Seoul (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaSeoul
Official languageSpanishKorean, Korean Sign Language
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)Won (KRW)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+9
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123Police 112, ambulance 119, fire 119
Elevation1,582 m38 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsIncheon International Airport (ICN)49 km from centre162 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaSeoul
City population59,0919,668,465
People per km²-15,973
Museums within 10 km281
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
Swim season, months above 21 °C-2 months

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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.