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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
The Warrior on a Horse, Macedonia Square, Skopje
SkopjeThe Warrior on a Horse, Macedonia Square

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Skopje by George M. Groutas, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Antigua Guatemala or Skopje?

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
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Skopje for

  • live music and the arts
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Skopje’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 Skopje are level on 6.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Skopje 52: Skopje leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Skopje 56: Antigua Guatemala leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Skopje 42: Skopje leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Skopje 70: Antigua Guatemala leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Skopje 56: Skopje leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Skopje 35: Antigua Guatemala leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Skopje 45: Antigua Guatemala leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Skopje 40: Antigua Guatemala leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Skopje 80: Skopje leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Skopje 38: Skopje leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Skopje 27: Antigua Guatemala leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Skopje.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Skopje
46match

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

Skopje in July

32 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
31 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaSkopje

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.

Skopje 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.

Skopje's sunshine is measured 68 km from the centre, at Stip.

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). Skopje: 1991-2020 (sunshine 1961-1990) normals, Skopje-Petrovec (18.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaSkopje
Official languageSpanishAlbanian, Macedonian
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)Denar (MKD)
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 m251 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsSkopje International Airport (SKP)16 km from centre52 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaSkopje
City population59,091422,540
People per km²-739
Museums within 10 km217
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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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.