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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
The cathedral facade, Siena
SienaThe cathedral facade

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Siena by Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antigua Guatemala or Siena?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Siena for

  • day trips
  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Siena’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, Siena 14: Siena leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Siena 62: Siena leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Siena 78: Siena leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Siena 27: Antigua Guatemala leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Siena 65: Antigua Guatemala leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Siena 94: Siena leads by 39 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala and Siena are level on 38.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala and Siena are level on 60.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Siena 35: Antigua Guatemala leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Siena 42: Antigua Guatemala leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Siena 36: Siena leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Siena 55: Siena leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Siena.

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.

Siena
Best match
51match

Wins on day trips and food and drink 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

Siena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaSiena

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.

Siena's temperatures are measured 45 km from the centre, at Arezzo.

Siena 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). Siena: 2006-2017 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Arezzo (45 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaSiena
Official languageSpanishItalian
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123112
Elevation1,582 m322 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)55 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaSiena
City population59,09152,812
People per km²-446
Museums within 10 km230
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.