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A lifeguard stand on South Beach, Miami
MiamiA lifeguard stand on South Beach
The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle

Photos: Miami by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License.

Miami or Puerto Iguazu?

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 Miami for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose Puerto Iguazu for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Puerto Iguazu’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. Miami 90, Puerto Iguazu 5: Miami leads by 85 points.
Food & drink. Miami 72, Puerto Iguazu 28: Miami leads by 44 points.
Culture & sights. Miami 57, Puerto Iguazu 9: Miami leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Miami 82, Puerto Iguazu 14: Miami leads by 68 points.
Nature & outdoors. Miami 64, Puerto Iguazu 95: Puerto Iguazu leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Miami 42, Puerto Iguazu 33: Miami leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Miami 64, Puerto Iguazu 55: Miami leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Miami 35, Puerto Iguazu 54: Puerto Iguazu leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Miami 71, Puerto Iguazu 17: Miami leads by 54 points.
Affordability. Miami 27, Puerto Iguazu 48: Puerto Iguazu leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Miami 55, Puerto Iguazu 7: Miami leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Miami 44, Puerto Iguazu 34: Miami leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Miami and Puerto Iguazu.

Your match

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

Miami
Best match
59match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Puerto Iguazu
33match

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.

Miami in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Puerto Iguazu in July

22 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
103 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MiamiPuerto Iguazu

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Miami: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (10 km from centre). Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMiamiPuerto Iguazu
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number911117 or 911
Elevation2 m162 m
Main airportMiami International Airport (MIA)7 km from centre198 non-stop destinationsCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureMiamiPuerto Iguazu
City population442,24154,903
People per km²3,046-
Museums within 10 km170
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.