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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
The Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb
ZagrebThe Croatian National Theatre

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Zagreb by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antigua Guatemala or Zagreb?

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
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

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

Choose Zagreb for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Zagreb’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, Zagreb 10: Zagreb leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Zagreb 55: Zagreb leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Zagreb 56: Antigua Guatemala leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Zagreb 47: Zagreb leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Zagreb 62: Antigua Guatemala leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Zagreb 60: Zagreb leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Zagreb 52: Zagreb leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Zagreb 70: Zagreb leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Zagreb 40: Antigua Guatemala leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Zagreb 60: Antigua Guatemala leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Zagreb 52: Zagreb leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Zagreb 33: Antigua Guatemala leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antigua Guatemala and Zagreb.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Zagreb
Best match
50match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Zagreb in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaZagreb

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). Zagreb: 1991-2020 normals, Zagreb / Gric (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaZagreb
Official languageSpanishCroatian
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123112
Elevation1,582 m127 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsZagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport (ZAG)11 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaZagreb
City population59,091767,131
Museums within 10 km227
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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.