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The cathedral from Piazza del Duomo, Milan
MilanThe cathedral from Piazza del Duomo
Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains

Photos: Milan by Jiuguang Wang, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.

Milan 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 Milan for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

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

Choose Ushuaia for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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. Milan 20, Ushuaia 3: Milan leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Milan 78, Ushuaia 40: Milan leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Milan 78, Ushuaia 22: Milan leads by 56 points.
Nightlife. Milan 66, Ushuaia 18: Milan leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Milan 65, Ushuaia 88: Ushuaia leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Milan 91, Ushuaia 14: Milan leads by 77 points.
Good for families. Milan 55, Ushuaia 40: Milan leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Milan 79, Ushuaia 45: Milan leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Milan 92, Ushuaia 22: Milan leads by 70 points.
Affordability. Milan 33, Ushuaia 42: Ushuaia leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Milan 82, Ushuaia 10: Milan leads by 72 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Milan 42, Ushuaia 26: Milan leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Milan and Ushuaia.

Your match

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

Milan
Best match
65match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts 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.

Milan in July

30 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
70 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Ushuaia in July

4 °Cdaytime high
0 °Cnight-time low
36 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
8 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Milan 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.

Milan's sunshine is measured 41 km from the centre, at Novara / Cameri.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Milan: 1991-2020 normals, Milano / Linate (8 km from centre). Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMilanUshuaia
Official languageItalianSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112117 or 911
Elevation138 m23 m
Main airportMilan Malpensa International Airport (MXP)40 km from centre208 non-stop destinationsUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureMilanUshuaia
City population1,354,19682,615
People per km²7,4533,592
Museums within 10 km885
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.