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Korenlei reflected in the Leie, Ghent
GhentKorenlei reflected in the Leie
Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains

Photos: Ghent by ykeiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.

Ghent 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 Ghent for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Ghent’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. Ghent 25, Ushuaia 3: Ghent leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Ghent 62, Ushuaia 40: Ghent leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Ghent 72, Ushuaia 22: Ghent leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Ghent 55, Ushuaia 18: Ghent leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ghent 35, Ushuaia 88: Ushuaia leads by 53 points.
Day trips. Ghent 88, Ushuaia 14: Ghent leads by 74 points.
Good for families. Ghent 50, Ushuaia 40: Ghent leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Ghent 78, Ushuaia 45: Ghent leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Ghent 50, Ushuaia 22: Ghent leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Ghent 38, Ushuaia 42: Ushuaia leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ghent 60, Ushuaia 10: Ghent leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ghent 33, Ushuaia 26: Ghent leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ghent and Ushuaia.

Your match

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

Ghent
Best match
54match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights 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.

Ghent in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 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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Where the figures come from

Ghent 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.

Ghent's sunshine is measured 45 km from the centre, at Vlissingen.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ghent: 2009-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Melle / Kalverhaag (10.1 km from centre). Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGhentUshuaia
Official languageFrench, German, DutchSpanish
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
Elevation12 m23 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)56 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureGhentUshuaia
City population272,65782,615
People per km²1,7283,592
Museums within 10 km305
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.