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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
Rice terraces and palms at Tegallalang, Ubud
UbudRice terraces and palms at Tegallalang

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

Antigua Guatemala or Ubud?

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
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Ubud for

  • wellness
  • beaches
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Ubud’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, Ubud 38: Ubud leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Ubud 60: Ubud leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Ubud 58: Antigua Guatemala leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Ubud 15: Antigua Guatemala leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Ubud 80: Ubud leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Ubud 72: Ubud leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Ubud 48: Ubud leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Ubud 10: Antigua Guatemala leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Ubud 52: Ubud leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Ubud 80: Ubud leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Ubud 47: Ubud leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Ubud 96: Ubud leads by 54 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Ubud.

Your match

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

Antigua Guatemala
47match

Wins on getting around and nightlife with your weighting.

Ubud
Best match
55match

Wins on wellness and beaches 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

Ubud in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
110 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
27 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaUbud

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.

Ubud's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai.

Ubud's station stands 209 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Ubud 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). Ubud: 1991-2020 normals, Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai (29 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaUbud
Official languageSpanishIndonesian
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123112
Elevation1,582 m210 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS)29 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaUbud
City population59,091-
Museums within 10 km214
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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.