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Titanic Belfast, Belfast
BelfastTitanic Belfast
Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains

Photos: Belfast by Nico Kaiser, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.

Belfast 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 Belfast for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Ushuaia for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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. Belfast 20, Ushuaia 3: Belfast leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Belfast 50, Ushuaia 40: Belfast leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Belfast 55, Ushuaia 22: Belfast leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Belfast 50, Ushuaia 18: Belfast leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belfast 74, Ushuaia 88: Ushuaia leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Belfast 66, Ushuaia 14: Belfast leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Belfast 58, Ushuaia 40: Belfast leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Belfast 62, Ushuaia 45: Belfast leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Belfast 45, Ushuaia 22: Belfast leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Belfast 48, Ushuaia 42: Belfast leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belfast 55, Ushuaia 10: Belfast leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belfast 25, Ushuaia 26: Ushuaia leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belfast and Ushuaia.

Your match

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

Belfast
Best match
51match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Ushuaia
31match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Belfast in July

19 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
74 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
17 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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BelfastUshuaia

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Belfast: 1991-2020 normals, Belfast / Aldergrove Airport (19.4 km from centre). Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelfastUshuaia
Official languageEnglishSpanish
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112 or 999117 or 911
Elevation3 m23 m
Main airportGeorge Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)4 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelfastUshuaia
City population345,00682,615
People per km²3,0003,592
Museums within 10 km85
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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.