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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
Rowing boats below the ghats in the morning light, Varanasi
VaranasiRowing boats below the ghats in the morning light

Photos: Mendoza by David, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Varanasi by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Mendoza or Varanasi?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • nightlife

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

Choose Varanasi for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Varanasi’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, Varanasi 4: Mendoza leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Mendoza 68, Varanasi 55: Mendoza leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Mendoza 30, Varanasi 80: Varanasi leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Mendoza 40, Varanasi 10: Mendoza leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mendoza 83, Varanasi 18: Mendoza leads by 65 points.
Day trips. Mendoza 52, Varanasi 42: Mendoza leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Mendoza 42, Varanasi 5: Mendoza leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Mendoza 48, Varanasi 28: Mendoza leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Mendoza 33, Varanasi 55: Varanasi leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Mendoza 56, Varanasi 92: Varanasi leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mendoza 33, Varanasi 58: Varanasi leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mendoza 55, Varanasi 30: Mendoza leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mendoza and Varanasi.

Your match

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

Mendoza
Best match
46match

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

Varanasi
40match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Mendoza in July

15 °Cdaytime high
2 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
10 hdaylight a day

Varanasi in July

35 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
249 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Varanasi has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mendoza: 1991-2020 normals, Mendoza Aerodrome (8.5 km from centre). Varanasi: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureMendozaVaranasi
Official languageSpanishHindi, English
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+5:30
Emergency number117 or 911108 or 112
Elevation769 m76 m
Main airportGovernor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ)8 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsLal Bahadur Shastri International Airport (VNS)21 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days-

By the numbers

MeasureMendozaVaranasi
City population127,1601,198,491
People per km²2,35514,598
Museums within 10 km12
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.