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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
Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains

Photos: Adelaide by Ardash Muradian, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.

Adelaide or Ushuaia?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Ushuaia for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Ushuaia’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, Ushuaia 3: Adelaide leads by 65 points.
Food & drink. Adelaide 72, Ushuaia 40: Adelaide leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Adelaide 48, Ushuaia 22: Adelaide leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Adelaide 42, Ushuaia 18: Adelaide leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Adelaide 66, Ushuaia 88: Ushuaia leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Adelaide 60, Ushuaia 14: Adelaide leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Adelaide 70, Ushuaia 40: Adelaide leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Adelaide 57, Ushuaia 45: Adelaide leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Adelaide 44, Ushuaia 22: Adelaide leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Adelaide 40, Ushuaia 42: Ushuaia leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Adelaide 63, Ushuaia 10: Adelaide leads by 53 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Adelaide 42, Ushuaia 26: Adelaide leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Adelaide and Ushuaia.

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.

Ushuaia
31match

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

Ushuaia in July

4 °Cdaytime high
0 °Cnight-time low
36 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
No seasea
8 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AdelaideUshuaia

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Adelaide: 1991-2020 normals, Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) (3.1 km from centre). Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAdelaideUshuaia
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 m23 m
Main airportAdelaide International Airport (ADL)6 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAdelaideUshuaia
City population1,387,29082,615
People per km²1,0713,592
Museums within 10 km135
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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.