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The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign
Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains

Photos: Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.

Las Vegas 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 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 Ushuaia for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • getting around

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. Las Vegas 10, Ushuaia 3: Las Vegas leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Las Vegas 68, Ushuaia 40: Las Vegas leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Las Vegas 25, Ushuaia 22: Las Vegas leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Las Vegas 88, Ushuaia 18: Las Vegas leads by 70 points.
Nature & outdoors. Las Vegas 68, Ushuaia 88: Ushuaia leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Las Vegas 25, Ushuaia 14: Las Vegas leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Las Vegas 25, Ushuaia 40: Ushuaia leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Las Vegas 38, Ushuaia 45: Ushuaia leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Las Vegas 64, Ushuaia 22: Las Vegas leads by 42 points.
Affordability. Las Vegas 35, Ushuaia 42: Ushuaia leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Las Vegas 78, Ushuaia 10: Las Vegas leads by 68 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Las Vegas 40, Ushuaia 26: Las Vegas leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Las Vegas and Ushuaia.

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.

Ushuaia
31match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families 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

Ushuaia in July

4 °Cdaytime high
0 °Cnight-time low
36 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
8 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Las VegasUshuaia

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre). Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLas VegasUshuaia
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 m23 m
Main airportHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinationsUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureLas VegasUshuaia
City population641,90382,615
People per km²1,8433,592
Museums within 10 km215
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.