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A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street
Vine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley, Mendoza
MendozaVine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley

Photos: Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License; Mendoza by David, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Lisbon or Mendoza?

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 Lisbon for

  • culture and sights
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Mendoza for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Mendoza’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. Lisbon 50, Mendoza 6: Lisbon leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Lisbon 75, Mendoza 68: Lisbon leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Lisbon 78, Mendoza 30: Lisbon leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Lisbon 75, Mendoza 40: Lisbon leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lisbon 75, Mendoza 83: Mendoza leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Lisbon 82, Mendoza 52: Lisbon leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Lisbon 62, Mendoza 42: Lisbon leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Lisbon 66, Mendoza 48: Lisbon leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Lisbon 60, Mendoza 33: Lisbon leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Lisbon 55, Mendoza 56: Mendoza leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lisbon 60, Mendoza 33: Lisbon leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lisbon 36, Mendoza 55: Mendoza leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lisbon and Mendoza.

Your match

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

Lisbon
Best match
65match

Wins on culture and sights and beaches with your weighting.

Mendoza
46match

Wins on wellness 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.

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Mendoza in July

15 °Cdaytime high
2 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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LisbonMendoza

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre). Mendoza: 1991-2020 normals, Mendoza Aerodrome (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLisbonMendoza
Official languagePortugueseSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112117 or 911
Elevation100 m769 m
Main airportLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinationsGovernor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ)8 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureLisbonMendoza
City population545,796127,160
People per km²5,4532,355
Museums within 10 km801
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.