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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Antigua Guatemala or Warsaw?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • day trips

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

Choose Warsaw for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Warsaw’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, Warsaw 12: Warsaw leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Warsaw 60: Warsaw leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Warsaw 70: Warsaw leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Warsaw 66: Warsaw leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Warsaw 47: Antigua Guatemala leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Warsaw 52: Antigua Guatemala leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Warsaw 62: Warsaw leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Warsaw 72: Warsaw leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Warsaw 55: Warsaw leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Warsaw 64: Antigua Guatemala leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Warsaw 63: Warsaw leads by 41 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Warsaw 35: Antigua Guatemala leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Warsaw.

Your match

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

Antigua Guatemala
47match

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

Warsaw
Best match
55match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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

Warsaw in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaWarsaw

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). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaWarsaw
Official languageSpanishPolish
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123112
Elevation1,582 m118 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaWarsaw
City population59,0911,862,402
People per km²-3,601
Museums within 10 km2117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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. 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.