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The island church from the lakeshore, Bled
BledThe island church from the lakeshore
The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle

Photos: Bled by Philipp Schwarz, Pexels License; Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License.

Bled 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 Bled for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose Puerto Iguazu for

  • shopping
  • nightlife
  • 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. Bled 50, Puerto Iguazu 5: Bled leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Bled 20, Puerto Iguazu 28: Puerto Iguazu leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Bled 22, Puerto Iguazu 9: Bled leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Bled 5, Puerto Iguazu 14: Puerto Iguazu leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bled 86, Puerto Iguazu 95: Puerto Iguazu leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Bled 70, Puerto Iguazu 33: Bled leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Bled 60, Puerto Iguazu 55: Bled leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Bled 58, Puerto Iguazu 54: Bled leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Bled 5, Puerto Iguazu 17: Puerto Iguazu leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Bled 45, Puerto Iguazu 48: Puerto Iguazu leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bled 5, Puerto Iguazu 7: Puerto Iguazu leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bled 55, Puerto Iguazu 34: Bled leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bled and Puerto Iguazu.

Your match

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

Bled
Best match
40match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Puerto Iguazu
33match

Wins on shopping and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bled in July

27 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
154 mmrain in the month
8 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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Where the figures come from

Bled's temperatures are measured 36 km from the centre, at Klagenfurt.

Bled has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bled: 1991-2020 normals, Klagenfurt (35.5 km from centre). Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBledPuerto Iguazu
Official languageSloveneSpanish
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
Elevation501 m162 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)31 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBledPuerto Iguazu
City population4,96954,903
People per km²26-
Museums within 10 km40
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31

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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). 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.