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A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street
The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle

Photos: Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License; Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License.

Lisbon 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 Lisbon for

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

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

Choose Puerto Iguazu for

  • nature and the outdoors

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. Lisbon 50, Puerto Iguazu 5: Lisbon leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Lisbon 75, Puerto Iguazu 28: Lisbon leads by 47 points.
Culture & sights. Lisbon 78, Puerto Iguazu 9: Lisbon leads by 69 points.
Nightlife. Lisbon 75, Puerto Iguazu 14: Lisbon leads by 61 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lisbon 75, Puerto Iguazu 95: Puerto Iguazu leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Lisbon 82, Puerto Iguazu 33: Lisbon leads by 49 points.
Good for families. Lisbon 62, Puerto Iguazu 55: Lisbon leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Lisbon 66, Puerto Iguazu 54: Lisbon leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Lisbon 60, Puerto Iguazu 17: Lisbon leads by 43 points.
Affordability. Lisbon 55, Puerto Iguazu 48: Lisbon leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lisbon 60, Puerto Iguazu 7: Lisbon leads by 53 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lisbon 36, Puerto Iguazu 34: Lisbon leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lisbon and Puerto Iguazu.

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 nightlife with your weighting.

Puerto Iguazu
33match

Wins on 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

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. Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre). Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLisbonPuerto Iguazu
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 m162 m
Main airportLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinationsCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureLisbonPuerto Iguazu
City population545,79654,903
People per km²5,453-
Museums within 10 km800
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
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.