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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
A chairlift and the runs on Whistler Mountain, Whistler
WhistlerA chairlift and the runs on Whistler Mountain

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Whistler by Ruth Hartnup, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Antigua Guatemala or Whistler?

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
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Whistler for

  • families
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Whistler’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, Whistler 30: Whistler leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Whistler 40: Antigua Guatemala leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Whistler 20: Antigua Guatemala leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Whistler 42: Whistler leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Whistler 97: Whistler leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Whistler 30: Antigua Guatemala leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Whistler 68: Whistler leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Whistler 68: Whistler leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Whistler 30: Antigua Guatemala leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Whistler 12: Antigua Guatemala leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Whistler 15: Antigua Guatemala leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Whistler 60: Whistler leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Whistler.

Your match

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

Antigua Guatemala
Best match
47match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Whistler
43match

Wins on families 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
13 hdaylight a day

Whistler in July

25 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaWhistler

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.

Whistler 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). Whistler: 1991-2020 normals, Whistler - Nesters (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaWhistler
Official languageSpanishFrench, English
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123911
Elevation1,582 m670 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)104 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaWhistler
City population59,09113,982
People per km²-58
Museums within 10 km21
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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.