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The Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline, Macau
MacauThe Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline
Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains

Photos: Macau by tian Jin, Pexels License; Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.

Macau 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 Macau for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose Ushuaia for

  • nature and the outdoors

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. Macau 24, Ushuaia 3: Macau leads by 21 points.
Food & drink. Macau 77, Ushuaia 40: Macau leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Macau 62, Ushuaia 22: Macau leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Macau 40, Ushuaia 18: Macau leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Macau 5, Ushuaia 88: Ushuaia leads by 83 points.
Day trips. Macau 52, Ushuaia 14: Macau leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Macau 48, Ushuaia 40: Macau leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Macau 60, Ushuaia 45: Macau leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Macau 58, Ushuaia 22: Macau leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Macau 44, Ushuaia 42: Macau leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Macau 36, Ushuaia 10: Macau leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Macau 40, Ushuaia 26: Macau leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Macau and Ushuaia.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Ushuaia
31match

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.

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

Ushuaia in July

4 °Cdaytime high
0 °Cnight-time low
36 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
No seasea
8 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MacauUshuaia

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Macau: 1991-2020 normals, Taipa (3.9 km from centre). Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMacauUshuaia
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 m23 m
Main airportMacau International Airport (MFM)7 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureMacauUshuaia
City population682,10082,615
People per km²5,9163,592
Museums within 10 km285
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.