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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
The Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky, Xi'an
Xi'anThe Bell Tower of Xi'an under a blue sky

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Xi'an by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Antigua Guatemala or Xi'an?

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
  • beaches
  • wellness

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

Choose Xi'an for

  • day trips
  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Xi'an’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, Xi'an 4: Antigua Guatemala leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Xi'an 70: Xi'an leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Xi'an 81: Xi'an leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Xi'an 42: Xi'an leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Xi'an 62: Antigua Guatemala leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Xi'an 80: Xi'an leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Xi'an 48: Xi'an leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Xi'an 66: Xi'an leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Xi'an 50: Xi'an leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Xi'an 80: Xi'an leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Xi'an 40: Xi'an leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Xi'an 40: Antigua Guatemala leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Xi'an.

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 beaches with your weighting.

Xi'an
Best match
55match

Wins on day trips and food and drink 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

Xi'an in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
96 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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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). Xi'an: 1991-2020 normals, Xi'An (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaXi'an
Official languageSpanishPutonghua
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation1,582 m405 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsXi'an Xianyang International Airport (XIY)26 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaXi'an
City population59,09112,952,907
People per km²-1,283
Museums within 10 km29
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.