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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
The white beach below the high-rise hotels, Orange Beach
Orange BeachThe white beach below the high-rise hotels

Photos: Mendoza by David, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Orange Beach by WeaponizingArchitecture, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Mendoza or Orange 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

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Orange Beach for

  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Orange 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, Orange Beach 86: Orange Beach leads by 80 points.
Food & drink. Mendoza 68, Orange Beach 40: Mendoza leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Mendoza 30, Orange Beach 7: Mendoza leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Mendoza 40, Orange Beach 30: Mendoza leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mendoza 83, Orange Beach 60: Mendoza leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Mendoza 52, Orange Beach 50: Mendoza leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Mendoza 42, Orange Beach 75: Orange Beach leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Mendoza 48, Orange Beach 15: Mendoza leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Mendoza 33, Orange Beach 25: Mendoza leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Mendoza 56, Orange Beach 38: Mendoza leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mendoza 33, Orange Beach 32: Mendoza leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mendoza 55, Orange Beach 32: Mendoza leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mendoza and Orange Beach.

Your match

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

Mendoza
Best match
46match

Wins on getting around and food and drink with your weighting.

Orange Beach
41match

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

Orange Beach in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
200 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MendozaOrange Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mendoza: 1991-2020 normals, Mendoza Aerodrome (8.5 km from centre). Orange Beach: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Gulf Shores / Bay Village Mobile Home Park (10.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMendozaOrange Beach
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911911
Elevation769 m4 m
Main airportGovernor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ)8 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsPensacola International Airport (PNS)41 km from centre27 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMendozaOrange Beach
City population127,1608,095
People per km²2,355196
Museums within 10 km10
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-8 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. 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.