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The pastel houses of Rainbow Row, Charleston
CharlestonThe pastel houses of Rainbow Row
Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains

Photos: Charleston by NealVickers, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.

Charleston 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 Charleston for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Ushuaia for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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. Charleston 72, Ushuaia 3: Charleston leads by 69 points.
Food & drink. Charleston 72, Ushuaia 40: Charleston leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Charleston 64, Ushuaia 22: Charleston leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Charleston 44, Ushuaia 18: Charleston leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Charleston 55, Ushuaia 88: Ushuaia leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Charleston 62, Ushuaia 14: Charleston leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Charleston 60, Ushuaia 40: Charleston leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Charleston 46, Ushuaia 45: Charleston leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Charleston 55, Ushuaia 22: Charleston leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Charleston 27, Ushuaia 42: Ushuaia leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Charleston 42, Ushuaia 10: Charleston leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Charleston 40, Ushuaia 26: Charleston leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Charleston and Ushuaia.

Your match

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

Charleston
Best match
53match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Ushuaia
31match

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.

Charleston in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
167 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 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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CharlestonUshuaia

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Charleston: 1991-2020 normals, Charleston Airport (16.1 km from centre). Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCharlestonUshuaia
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number911117 or 911
Elevation6 m23 m
Main airportCharleston International Airport (CHS)16 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureCharlestonUshuaia
City population150,22782,615
People per km²5323,592
Museums within 10 km195
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months-

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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.