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Cocoa Beach Pier behind yellow parasols, Cocoa Beach
Cocoa BeachCocoa Beach Pier behind yellow parasols
The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle

Photos: Cocoa Beach by Benoît Prieur, CC0; Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License.

Cocoa Beach 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 Cocoa Beach for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • families

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

Choose Puerto Iguazu for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • 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. Cocoa Beach 80, Puerto Iguazu 5: Cocoa Beach leads by 75 points.
Food & drink. Cocoa Beach 32, Puerto Iguazu 28: Cocoa Beach leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Cocoa Beach 12, Puerto Iguazu 9: Cocoa Beach leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Cocoa Beach 27, Puerto Iguazu 14: Cocoa Beach leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cocoa Beach 62, Puerto Iguazu 95: Puerto Iguazu leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Cocoa Beach 52, Puerto Iguazu 33: Cocoa Beach leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Cocoa Beach 72, Puerto Iguazu 55: Cocoa Beach leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Cocoa Beach 22, Puerto Iguazu 54: Puerto Iguazu leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Cocoa Beach 20, Puerto Iguazu 17: Cocoa Beach leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Cocoa Beach 40, Puerto Iguazu 48: Puerto Iguazu leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cocoa Beach 14, Puerto Iguazu 7: Cocoa Beach leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cocoa Beach 30, Puerto Iguazu 34: Puerto Iguazu leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cocoa Beach and Puerto Iguazu.

Your match

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

Cocoa Beach
Best match
39match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Puerto Iguazu
33match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cocoa Beach in July

30 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
147 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 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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Cocoa BeachPuerto Iguazu

Where the figures come from

Cocoa Beach 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. Cocoa Beach: 1961-1990 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Cocoa / Patrick Air Force Base (11.2 km from centre). Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCocoa BeachPuerto Iguazu
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
Elevation0 m162 m
Main airportOrlando International Airport (MCO)68 km from centre170 non-stop destinationsCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureCocoa BeachPuerto Iguazu
City population11,35454,903
People per km²290-
Museums within 10 km30
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C11 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.