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The Guggenheim Museum on the river, Bilbao
BilbaoThe Guggenheim Museum on the river
The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle

Photos: Bilbao by José Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License.

Bilbao 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 Bilbao for

  • food and drink
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Puerto Iguazu for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • wellness

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. Bilbao 45, Puerto Iguazu 5: Bilbao leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Bilbao 81, Puerto Iguazu 28: Bilbao leads by 53 points.
Culture & sights. Bilbao 62, Puerto Iguazu 9: Bilbao leads by 53 points.
Nightlife. Bilbao 54, Puerto Iguazu 14: Bilbao leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bilbao 75, Puerto Iguazu 95: Puerto Iguazu leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Bilbao 78, Puerto Iguazu 33: Bilbao leads by 45 points.
Good for families. Bilbao and Puerto Iguazu are level on 55.
Getting around. Bilbao 79, Puerto Iguazu 54: Bilbao leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Bilbao 47, Puerto Iguazu 17: Bilbao leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Bilbao 44, Puerto Iguazu 48: Puerto Iguazu leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bilbao 53, Puerto Iguazu 7: Bilbao leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bilbao 33, Puerto Iguazu 34: Puerto Iguazu leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bilbao and Puerto Iguazu.

Your match

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

Bilbao
Best match
59match

Wins on food and drink and culture and sights with your weighting.

Puerto Iguazu
33match

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.

Bilbao in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 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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BilbaoPuerto Iguazu

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bilbao: 1991-2020 normals, Bilbao / Sondica (4.1 km from centre). Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBilbaoPuerto Iguazu
Official languageSpanishSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112117 or 911
Elevation19 m162 m
Main airportBilbao Airport (BIO)5 km from centre73 non-stop destinationsCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBilbaoPuerto Iguazu
City population351,12454,903
People per km²8,440-
Museums within 10 km170
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month-

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.