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Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge
Vine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley, Mendoza
MendozaVine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley

Photos: London by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Mendoza by David, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

London 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 London for

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

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

Choose Mendoza for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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. London 25, Mendoza 6: London leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. London 84, Mendoza 68: London leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. London 94, Mendoza 30: London leads by 64 points.
Nightlife. London 88, Mendoza 40: London leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. London 57, Mendoza 83: Mendoza leads by 26 points.
Day trips. London 90, Mendoza 52: London leads by 38 points.
Good for families. London 82, Mendoza 42: London leads by 40 points.
Getting around. London 85, Mendoza 48: London leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. London 95, Mendoza 33: London leads by 62 points.
Affordability. London 15, Mendoza 56: Mendoza leads by 41 points.
Live music & performing arts. London 98, Mendoza 33: London leads by 65 points.
Wellness & relaxation. London 40, Mendoza 55: Mendoza leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: London and Mendoza.

Your match

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

London
Best match
71match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

Mendoza
46match

Wins on prices 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.

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Mendoza in July

15 °Cdaytime high
2 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
10 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. London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre). Mendoza: 1991-2020 normals, Mendoza Aerodrome (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLondonMendoza
Official languageEnglishSpanish
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112 or 999117 or 911
Elevation4 m769 m
Main airportLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinationsGovernor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ)8 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureLondonMendoza
City population8,799,728127,160
People per km²5,5982,355
Museums within 10 km2161
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40

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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.