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The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign
The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle

Photos: Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License.

Las Vegas 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 Las Vegas for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

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

Choose Puerto Iguazu for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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. Las Vegas 10, Puerto Iguazu 5: Las Vegas leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Las Vegas 68, Puerto Iguazu 28: Las Vegas leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Las Vegas 25, Puerto Iguazu 9: Las Vegas leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Las Vegas 88, Puerto Iguazu 14: Las Vegas leads by 74 points.
Nature & outdoors. Las Vegas 68, Puerto Iguazu 95: Puerto Iguazu leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Las Vegas 25, Puerto Iguazu 33: Puerto Iguazu leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Las Vegas 25, Puerto Iguazu 55: Puerto Iguazu leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Las Vegas 38, Puerto Iguazu 54: Puerto Iguazu leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Las Vegas 64, Puerto Iguazu 17: Las Vegas leads by 47 points.
Affordability. Las Vegas 35, Puerto Iguazu 48: Puerto Iguazu leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Las Vegas 78, Puerto Iguazu 7: Las Vegas leads by 71 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Las Vegas 40, Puerto Iguazu 34: Las Vegas leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Las Vegas and Puerto Iguazu.

Your match

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

Las Vegas
Best match
47match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Puerto Iguazu
33match

Wins on families 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.

Las Vegas in July

40 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 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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Las VegasPuerto Iguazu

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre). Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLas VegasPuerto Iguazu
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number911117 or 911
Elevation610 m162 m
Main airportHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinationsCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureLas VegasPuerto Iguazu
City population641,90354,903
People per km²1,843-
Museums within 10 km210
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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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). 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.