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The Forbidden City, Beijing
BeijingThe Forbidden City
The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle

Photos: Beijing by BI ravencrow, Pexels License; Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License.

Beijing 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 Beijing for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

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

Choose Puerto Iguazu for

  • nature and the outdoors

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. Beijing 6, Puerto Iguazu 5: Beijing leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Beijing 81, Puerto Iguazu 28: Beijing leads by 53 points.
Culture & sights. Beijing 93, Puerto Iguazu 9: Beijing leads by 84 points.
Nightlife. Beijing 58, Puerto Iguazu 14: Beijing leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Beijing 60, Puerto Iguazu 95: Puerto Iguazu leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Beijing 85, Puerto Iguazu 33: Beijing leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Beijing 64, Puerto Iguazu 55: Beijing leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Beijing 69, Puerto Iguazu 54: Beijing leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Beijing 72, Puerto Iguazu 17: Beijing leads by 55 points.
Affordability. Beijing 68, Puerto Iguazu 48: Beijing leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Beijing 68, Puerto Iguazu 7: Beijing leads by 61 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Beijing 55, Puerto Iguazu 34: Beijing leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Beijing and Puerto Iguazu.

Your match

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

Beijing
Best match
65match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Puerto Iguazu
33match

Wins on nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Beijing in July

32 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
163 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine 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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BeijingPuerto Iguazu

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Beijing: 1991-2020 normals, Beijing (11.1 km from centre). Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBeijingPuerto Iguazu
Official languagePutonghuaSpanish
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119117 or 911
Elevation43 m162 m
Main airportBeijing Capital International Airport (PEK)25 km from centre104 non-stop destinationsCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBeijingPuerto Iguazu
City population21,893,09554,903
People per km²1,334-
Museums within 10 km830
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km61

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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.