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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License.

Dublin 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 Dublin for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

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

Choose Puerto Iguazu for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Dublin 27, Puerto Iguazu 5: Dublin leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Puerto Iguazu 28: Dublin leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Puerto Iguazu 9: Dublin leads by 55 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Puerto Iguazu 14: Dublin leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Puerto Iguazu 95: Puerto Iguazu leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Puerto Iguazu 33: Dublin leads by 39 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Puerto Iguazu 55: Dublin leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Puerto Iguazu 54: Dublin leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Puerto Iguazu 17: Dublin leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Puerto Iguazu 48: Puerto Iguazu leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Puerto Iguazu 7: Dublin leads by 58 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Puerto Iguazu 34: Puerto Iguazu leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Puerto Iguazu.

Your match

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

Dublin
Best match
53match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

Puerto Iguazu
33match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Dublin in July

20 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
17 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinPuerto Iguazu
Official languageEnglish, IrishSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112117 or 911
Elevation20 m162 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinPuerto Iguazu
City population592,71354,903
People per km²5,154-
Museums within 10 km400
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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.