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A lifeguard stand on South Beach, Miami
MiamiA lifeguard stand on South Beach
Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains

Photos: Miami by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.

Miami or Ushuaia?

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 Ushuaia for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Ushuaia’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, Ushuaia 3: Miami leads by 87 points.
Food & drink. Miami 72, Ushuaia 40: Miami leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Miami 57, Ushuaia 22: Miami leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Miami 82, Ushuaia 18: Miami leads by 64 points.
Nature & outdoors. Miami 64, Ushuaia 88: Ushuaia leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Miami 42, Ushuaia 14: Miami leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Miami 64, Ushuaia 40: Miami leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Miami 35, Ushuaia 45: Ushuaia leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Miami 71, Ushuaia 22: Miami leads by 49 points.
Affordability. Miami 27, Ushuaia 42: Ushuaia leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Miami 55, Ushuaia 10: Miami leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Miami 44, Ushuaia 26: Miami leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Miami and Ushuaia.

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.

Ushuaia
31match

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

Ushuaia in July

4 °Cdaytime high
0 °Cnight-time low
36 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
No seasea
8 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MiamiUshuaia

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Miami: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (10 km from centre). Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMiamiUshuaia
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 m23 m
Main airportMiami International Airport (MIA)7 km from centre198 non-stop destinationsUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureMiamiUshuaia
City population442,24182,615
People per km²3,0463,592
Museums within 10 km175
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.