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The Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
BordeauxThe Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse
The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle

Photos: Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License.

Bordeaux 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 Bordeaux for

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

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

Choose Puerto Iguazu for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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. Bordeaux 50, Puerto Iguazu 5: Bordeaux leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Bordeaux 78, Puerto Iguazu 28: Bordeaux leads by 50 points.
Culture & sights. Bordeaux 68, Puerto Iguazu 9: Bordeaux leads by 59 points.
Nightlife. Bordeaux 50, Puerto Iguazu 14: Bordeaux leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bordeaux 58, Puerto Iguazu 95: Puerto Iguazu leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Bordeaux 78, Puerto Iguazu 33: Bordeaux leads by 45 points.
Good for families. Bordeaux 57, Puerto Iguazu 55: Bordeaux leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Bordeaux 76, Puerto Iguazu 54: Bordeaux leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Bordeaux 56, Puerto Iguazu 17: Bordeaux leads by 39 points.
Affordability. Bordeaux 42, Puerto Iguazu 48: Puerto Iguazu leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bordeaux 55, Puerto Iguazu 7: Bordeaux leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bordeaux 40, Puerto Iguazu 34: Bordeaux leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bordeaux and Puerto Iguazu.

Your match

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

Bordeaux
Best match
59match

Wins on culture and sights and food and drink 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.

Bordeaux in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
47 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bordeaux: 1991-2020 normals, Bordeaux / Merignac (9.5 km from centre). Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBordeauxPuerto Iguazu
Official languageFrenchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112117 or 911
Elevation1 m162 m
Main airportBordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinationsCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBordeauxPuerto Iguazu
City population267,99154,903
People per km²5,425-
Museums within 10 km180
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41

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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.