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Vine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley, Mendoza
MendozaVine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley
Waterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor, Newport Beach
Newport BeachWaterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor

Photos: Mendoza by David, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Newport Beach by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Mendoza or Newport Beach?

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 Mendoza for

  • prices
  • getting around
  • food and drink

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

Choose Newport Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Newport Beach’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. Mendoza 6, Newport Beach 70: Newport Beach leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Mendoza 68, Newport Beach 50: Mendoza leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Mendoza 30, Newport Beach 20: Mendoza leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Mendoza 40, Newport Beach 33: Mendoza leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mendoza 83, Newport Beach 66: Mendoza leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Mendoza 52, Newport Beach 70: Newport Beach leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Mendoza 42, Newport Beach 80: Newport Beach leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Mendoza 48, Newport Beach 20: Mendoza leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Mendoza 33, Newport Beach 62: Newport Beach leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Mendoza 56, Newport Beach 15: Mendoza leads by 41 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mendoza 33, Newport Beach 46: Newport Beach leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mendoza 55, Newport Beach 44: Mendoza leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mendoza and Newport Beach.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Mendoza
46match

Wins on prices and getting around with your weighting.

Newport Beach
48match

Wins on beaches 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.

Mendoza in July

15 °Cdaytime high
2 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
10 hdaylight a day

Newport Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MendozaNewport Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mendoza: 1991-2020 normals, Mendoza Aerodrome (8.5 km from centre). Newport Beach: 1991-2020 (rainfall 1981-2010) normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMendozaNewport Beach
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911911
Elevation769 m3 m
Main airportGovernor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ)8 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)7 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMendozaNewport Beach
City population127,16085,239
People per km²2,355622
Museums within 10 km14
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.