Guatemala City vs Tegucigalpa

Guatemala City leads Tegucigalpa by 1 points on the TRAIL Index, 60 to 59. Guatemala City grades better on 7 measures, Tegucigalpa on 2; the same 37 measures from public sources for both.

Scores by each organisation's criteria

• TRAIL Index: Guatemala City 60, Tegucigalpa 59
• OECD: Guatemala City 66, Tegucigalpa 59
• UN Tourism: Guatemala City 68, Tegucigalpa 61
• UNDRR: Guatemala City 53, Tegucigalpa 45

Theme by theme

• Demand and seasonality: Guatemala City 79, Tegucigalpa 70
• Economy and jobs: Guatemala City 69, Tegucigalpa 50
• Climate and hazards: Guatemala City 60, Tegucigalpa 55
• Water and environment: Guatemala City 63, Tegucigalpa 69
• Community and housing: Guatemala City 100, Tegucigalpa 75
• Access and continuity: Guatemala City 35, Tegucigalpa 33

Where Guatemala City is stronger

• Nights in the three busiest months: 29.7 % of annual nights (country figure) (World Economic Forum, TTDI 2026 (data: UN Tourism by United Nations World Tourism Organization), 2024, 2025 moving average). At or below 30: grade 4/4.
• Recovery against 2019: 131.3 % of 2019 visitor nights reached in the latest full year (country figure) (Instituto Guatemalteco de Turismo (INGUAT) / Encuesta OCUPATUR, 2024). At or above 110: grade 4/4.
• Unemployment rate: 3.4 % of the labour force (metro figure) (Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) Guatemala, Encuesta Nacional de Empleo e Ingresos Continua (ENEIC) 4° trimestre de 2024, Q4 2024). At or below 5: grade 4/4.
• Income per head: 15,197 GDP per capita, USD PPP (country figure) (World Bank WDI, 2025). Between 15,000 and 30,000: grade 1/4.
• Extreme heat days: 0 days a year at or above 35°C (last 5 full years) (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, 2021–2025). At or below 5: grade 4/4.
• Rent growth: 1.8 % change in rents over the last 12 months (country figure) (Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) Guatemala, Índice de Precios al Consumidor -IPC- (Junio 2026), June 2025 – June 2026). At or below 3: grade 4/4.
• Tourism crisis and recovery plan: Crisis communication only, ad hoc (Prensa Libre / INGUAT, 2025–2026). Grade 1/4.

Where Tegucigalpa is stronger

• Water scarcity: low (region figure) (World Bank GFDRR ThinkHazard, current (retrieved 2026)). Grade 3/4.
• Government effectiveness: 27.8 World Bank WGI percentile rank, 0–100 (country figure) (World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators, 2025). Between 20 and 40: grade 1/4.

Country context (World Economic Forum)

• Guatemala: #94 of 110 in the WEF Travel & Tourism Development Index 2026
• Honduras: #103 of 110 in the WEF Travel & Tourism Development Index 2026

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