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Wat Pho, Bangkok
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The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle

Photos: Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License; Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License.

Bangkok 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 Bangkok for

  • culture and sights
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Puerto Iguazu for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Bangkok 12, Puerto Iguazu 5: Bangkok leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Puerto Iguazu 28: Bangkok leads by 67 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Puerto Iguazu 9: Bangkok leads by 71 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Puerto Iguazu 14: Bangkok leads by 71 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Puerto Iguazu 95: Puerto Iguazu leads by 70 points.
Day trips. Bangkok 72, Puerto Iguazu 33: Bangkok leads by 39 points.
Good for families. Bangkok 50, Puerto Iguazu 55: Puerto Iguazu leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, Puerto Iguazu 54: Puerto Iguazu leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Puerto Iguazu 17: Bangkok leads by 63 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Puerto Iguazu 48: Bangkok leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok 52, Puerto Iguazu 7: Bangkok leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Puerto Iguazu 34: Bangkok leads by 41 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bangkok and Puerto Iguazu.

Your match

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

Bangkok
Best match
63match

Wins on culture and sights and nightlife with your weighting.

Puerto Iguazu
33match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Bangkok in July

34 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
184 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 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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BangkokPuerto Iguazu

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre). Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokPuerto Iguazu
Official languageThaiSpanish
CurrencyBaht (THB)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199117 or 911
Elevation2 m162 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokPuerto Iguazu
City population5,676,64854,903
People per km²3,619-
Museums within 10 km590
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.