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Flinders Street Station, Melbourne
MelbourneFlinders Street Station
Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains

Photos: Melbourne by Medelam, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.

Melbourne 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 Melbourne for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • day trips

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

Choose Ushuaia for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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. Melbourne 50, Ushuaia 3: Melbourne leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Melbourne 75, Ushuaia 40: Melbourne leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Melbourne 57, Ushuaia 22: Melbourne leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Melbourne 75, Ushuaia 18: Melbourne leads by 57 points.
Nature & outdoors. Melbourne 70, Ushuaia 88: Ushuaia leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Melbourne 62, Ushuaia 14: Melbourne leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Melbourne 73, Ushuaia 40: Melbourne leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Melbourne 76, Ushuaia 45: Melbourne leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Melbourne 70, Ushuaia 22: Melbourne leads by 48 points.
Affordability. Melbourne 31, Ushuaia 42: Ushuaia leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Melbourne 72, Ushuaia 10: Melbourne leads by 62 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Melbourne 54, Ushuaia 26: Melbourne leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Melbourne and Ushuaia.

Your match

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

Melbourne
Best match
64match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

Ushuaia
31match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Melbourne in July

14 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 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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MelbourneUshuaia

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Melbourne: 1991-2020 normals, Latrobe University / Kingsbury (13.1 km from centre). Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMelbourneUshuaia
Official languageEnglishSpanish
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number000117 or 911
Elevation31 m23 m
Main airportMelbourne Airport (MEL)19 km from centre69 non-stop destinationsUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureMelbourneUshuaia
City population5,350,70582,615
People per km²5353,592
Museums within 10 km435
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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). 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.