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The Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens, Adelaide
AdelaideThe Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens
The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle

Photos: Adelaide by Ardash Muradian, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License.

Adelaide or Puerto Iguazu?

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 Adelaide for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

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

Choose Puerto Iguazu for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Puerto Iguazu’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. Adelaide 68, Puerto Iguazu 5: Adelaide leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Adelaide 72, Puerto Iguazu 28: Adelaide leads by 44 points.
Culture & sights. Adelaide 48, Puerto Iguazu 9: Adelaide leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. Adelaide 42, Puerto Iguazu 14: Adelaide leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Adelaide 66, Puerto Iguazu 95: Puerto Iguazu leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Adelaide 60, Puerto Iguazu 33: Adelaide leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Adelaide 70, Puerto Iguazu 55: Adelaide leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Adelaide 57, Puerto Iguazu 54: Adelaide leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Adelaide 44, Puerto Iguazu 17: Adelaide leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Adelaide 40, Puerto Iguazu 48: Puerto Iguazu leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Adelaide 63, Puerto Iguazu 7: Adelaide leads by 56 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Adelaide 42, Puerto Iguazu 34: Adelaide leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Adelaide and Puerto Iguazu.

Your match

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

Adelaide
Best match
56match

Wins on beaches and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Puerto Iguazu
33match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Adelaide in July

16 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
14 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Puerto Iguazu in July

22 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
103 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AdelaidePuerto Iguazu

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Adelaide: 1991-2020 normals, Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) (3.1 km from centre). Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAdelaidePuerto Iguazu
Official languageEnglishSpanish
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+9:30, UTC+10:30 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number000117 or 911
Elevation1 m162 m
Main airportAdelaide International Airport (ADL)6 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAdelaidePuerto Iguazu
City population1,387,29054,903
People per km²1,071-
Museums within 10 km130
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months-

Where else could you go?

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. 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.