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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
A chairlift and the runs on Whistler Mountain, Whistler
WhistlerA chairlift and the runs on Whistler Mountain

Photos: Mendoza by David, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Whistler by Ruth Hartnup, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Mendoza or Whistler?

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
  • food and drink
  • day trips

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

Choose Whistler for

  • families
  • beaches
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Whistler’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, Whistler 30: Whistler leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Mendoza 68, Whistler 40: Mendoza leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Mendoza 30, Whistler 20: Mendoza leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Mendoza 40, Whistler 42: Whistler leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mendoza 83, Whistler 97: Whistler leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Mendoza 52, Whistler 30: Mendoza leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Mendoza 42, Whistler 68: Whistler leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Mendoza 48, Whistler 68: Whistler leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Mendoza 33, Whistler 30: Mendoza leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Mendoza 56, Whistler 12: Mendoza leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mendoza 33, Whistler 15: Mendoza leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mendoza 55, Whistler 60: Whistler leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mendoza and Whistler.

Your match

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

Mendoza
Best match
46match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Whistler
43match

Wins on families and beaches 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

Whistler in July

25 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Whistler has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mendoza: 1991-2020 normals, Mendoza Aerodrome (8.5 km from centre). Whistler: 1991-2020 normals, Whistler - Nesters (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMendozaWhistler
Official languageSpanishFrench, English
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911911
Elevation769 m670 m
Main airportGovernor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ)8 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)104 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMendozaWhistler
City population127,16013,982
People per km²2,35558
Museums within 10 km11
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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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. 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.