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Skiers at the Albion base of the ski area, Alta, Utah
Alta, UtahSkiers at the Albion base of the ski area
The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle

Photos: Alta, Utah by Sumanch, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License.

Alta, Utah 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 Alta, Utah for

  • day trips
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Alta, Utah’s own page.

Choose Puerto Iguazu for

  • prices
  • families
  • getting around

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. Alta, Utah 3, Puerto Iguazu 5: Puerto Iguazu leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Alta, Utah 15, Puerto Iguazu 28: Puerto Iguazu leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Alta, Utah 5, Puerto Iguazu 9: Puerto Iguazu leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Alta, Utah 4, Puerto Iguazu 14: Puerto Iguazu leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alta, Utah 90, Puerto Iguazu 95: Puerto Iguazu leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Alta, Utah 40, Puerto Iguazu 33: Alta, Utah leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Alta, Utah 30, Puerto Iguazu 55: Puerto Iguazu leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Alta, Utah 35, Puerto Iguazu 54: Puerto Iguazu leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Alta, Utah 4, Puerto Iguazu 17: Puerto Iguazu leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Alta, Utah 15, Puerto Iguazu 48: Puerto Iguazu leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alta, Utah 3, Puerto Iguazu 7: Puerto Iguazu leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alta, Utah 35, Puerto Iguazu 34: Alta, Utah leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alta, Utah and Puerto Iguazu.

Your match

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

Alta, Utah
23match

Wins on day trips and wellness with your weighting.

Puerto Iguazu
Best match
33match

Wins on prices and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Alta, Utah in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Puerto Iguazu in July

22 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
103 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Alta, UtahPuerto Iguazu

Where the figures come from

Alta, Utah has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alta, Utah: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km. Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlta, UtahPuerto Iguazu
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number911117 or 911
Elevation2,610 m162 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)37 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlta, UtahPuerto Iguazu
City population22854,903
People per km²19-
Museums within 10 km00
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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). 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.