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The Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline, Macau
MacauThe Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline
The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle

Photos: Macau by tian Jin, Pexels License; Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License.

Macau 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 Macau for

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose Puerto Iguazu for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • prices

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. Macau 24, Puerto Iguazu 5: Macau leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Macau 77, Puerto Iguazu 28: Macau leads by 49 points.
Culture & sights. Macau 62, Puerto Iguazu 9: Macau leads by 53 points.
Nightlife. Macau 40, Puerto Iguazu 14: Macau leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Macau 5, Puerto Iguazu 95: Puerto Iguazu leads by 90 points.
Day trips. Macau 52, Puerto Iguazu 33: Macau leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Macau 48, Puerto Iguazu 55: Puerto Iguazu leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Macau 60, Puerto Iguazu 54: Macau leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Macau 58, Puerto Iguazu 17: Macau leads by 41 points.
Affordability. Macau 44, Puerto Iguazu 48: Puerto Iguazu leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Macau 36, Puerto Iguazu 7: Macau leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Macau 40, Puerto Iguazu 34: Macau leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Macau and Puerto Iguazu.

Your match

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

Macau
Best match
46match

Wins on culture and sights and food and drink with your weighting.

Puerto Iguazu
33match

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.

Macau in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
281 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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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MacauPuerto Iguazu

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Macau: 1991-2020 normals, Taipa (3.9 km from centre). Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMacauPuerto Iguazu
Official languagePortuguese, Cantonese, Standard ChineseSpanish
CurrencyPataca (MOP)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsFGM220 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-3
Emergency number999117 or 911
Elevation22 m162 m
Main airportMacau International Airport (MFM)7 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureMacauPuerto Iguazu
City population682,10054,903
People per km²5,916-
Museums within 10 km280
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 months-

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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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.