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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.

Antigua Guatemala or Ushuaia?

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

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • prices

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

Choose Ushuaia for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Ushuaia’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, Ushuaia 3: Antigua Guatemala leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Ushuaia 40: Antigua Guatemala leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Ushuaia 22: Antigua Guatemala leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Ushuaia 18: Antigua Guatemala leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Ushuaia 88: Ushuaia leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Ushuaia 14: Antigua Guatemala leads by 41 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Ushuaia 40: Ushuaia leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Ushuaia 45: Antigua Guatemala leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Ushuaia 22: Antigua Guatemala leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Ushuaia 42: Antigua Guatemala leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Ushuaia 10: Antigua Guatemala leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Ushuaia 26: Antigua Guatemala leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Ushuaia.

Your match

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

Antigua Guatemala
Best match
47match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

Ushuaia
31match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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
13 hdaylight a day

Ushuaia in July

4 °Cdaytime high
0 °Cnight-time low
36 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
8 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaUshuaia

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). Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaUshuaia
Official languageSpanishSpanish
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123117 or 911
Elevation1,582 m23 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaUshuaia
City population59,09182,615
People per km²-3,592
Museums within 10 km25
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. 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.