Which is cheaper, Agadir or Antigua Guatemala?

Antigua Guatemala is cheaper: about $1,250 per month versus $1,300 for one person.

Is Agadir or Antigua Guatemala safer?

Agadir scores higher on safety (63 vs 32), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.

Where is the internet faster, Agadir or Antigua Guatemala?

M-Lab has no reliable measurement for one of the two cities.

Agadir vs Antigua Guatemala

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights Agadir edges it, 50 to 43, winning 6 of the 9 factors. Agadir is stronger on safety, air quality, healthcare; Antigua Guatemala on nothing outright. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Agadir

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Morocco's beach city and surf gateway

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Antigua Guatemala

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Volcano views and cobbled streets

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Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

Metric	Agadir	Antigua Guatemala
Cost of living	56	57 ✓
Safety	63 ✓	32
Healthcare	59 ✓	49
Internet	26	no data
Visa ease	46	46
Getting there & around	25 ✓	23
Climate	58 ✓	50
Air quality	79 ✓	56
Quality of life	42 ✓	35

Cost

Metric	Agadir	Antigua Guatemala
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city	$1,300	$1,250 ✓
Central one-bedroom rent	no data	no data

Safety and health (country-level)

Metric	Agadir	Antigua Guatemala
Homicides per 100k	1.5 ✓	26.2
Political stability (0–100)	58.4	62.3 ✓
UHC service coverage (0–100)	65 ✓	58
Life expectancy	72.6 yrs ✓	68.7 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

Metric	Agadir	Antigua Guatemala
Download	9 Mbps	no data
Upload	0.7 Mbps	no data

Visa

Metric	Agadir	Antigua Guatemala
Nomad visa	none listed	none listed
Minimum income for the visa	no data	no data
Visa-free days, US passport	90 days	90 days
Visa-free days, EU passport	90 days	90 days
Visa-free days, UK passport	90 days	90 days

Getting there and around

Metric	Agadir	Antigua Guatemala
Non-stop airport destinations	73 ✓	20
Walkability (1–5, editorial)	3	5 ✓
Transit (1–5, editorial)	2 ✓	1

Climate and air

Metric	Agadir	Antigua Guatemala
Comfortable months per year	7 ✓	6
Annual mean PM2.5	14.6 µg/m³ ✓	24.8 µg/m³

✓ marks the better value in each row; ties and missing data are left unmarked.

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Agadir or Antigua Guatemala?: Antigua Guatemala is cheaper: about $1,250 per month versus $1,300 for one person.
Is Agadir or Antigua Guatemala safer?: Agadir scores higher on safety (63 vs 32), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Agadir or Antigua Guatemala?: M-Lab has no reliable measurement for one of the two cities.

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Sources: Cost of Living Global 2026 (city rows); 2026 Cost of Living Index (country level); Digital Nomad Visas 2026; Worldwide Governance Indicators — Political Stability and Absence of Violence (score 0–100); Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population; UHC service coverage index; Life expectancy at birth (years), both sexes; M-Lab NDT statistics (city aggregates, 2024); Airport destinations (Wikipedia airline and destination tables); NASA POWER climatology (2001–2020 monthly means); WHO Ambient Air Quality Database, June 2026 update (V8); SatPM2.5 satellite-derived annual PM2.5 (V6.GL.02.04); Human Development Index (HDR 2025, HDI 2023); EF English Proficiency Index 2024 (band); Walkability and transit ratings (editorial); Passport Index dataset (visa requirements, 199 passports × 199 destinations). Dataset 2026.09.4. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.