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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
The Limmat from Quaibrücke, Zurich
ZurichThe Limmat from Quaibrücke

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Zurich by Daniel Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Antigua Guatemala or Zurich?

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

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

Choose Zurich for

  • live music and the arts
  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Zurich’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, Zurich 45: Zurich leads by 39 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Zurich 53: Zurich leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Zurich 58: Antigua Guatemala leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Zurich 62: Zurich leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Zurich 80: Zurich leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Zurich 84: Zurich leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Zurich 76: Zurich leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Zurich 95: Zurich leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Zurich 66: Zurich leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Zurich 3: Antigua Guatemala leads by 64 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Zurich 70: Zurich leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 42, Zurich 58: Zurich 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 Zurich.

Your match

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

Antigua Guatemala
47match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Zurich
Best match
63match

Wins on live music and the arts 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
No recordsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Zurich in July

24 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
126 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Antigua GuatemalaZurich

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). Zurich: 1991-2020 normals, Zurich Town / Ville. (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaZurich
Official languageSpanishFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123112
Elevation1,582 m408 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)9 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaZurich
City population59,091440,935
People per km²-5,016
Museums within 10 km263
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.