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The opera house on Place de la Comédie, Montpellier
MontpellierThe opera house on Place de la Comédie
The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle

Photos: Montpellier by Peter, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License.

Montpellier 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 Montpellier for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

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

Choose Puerto Iguazu for

  • nature and the outdoors

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. Montpellier 64, Puerto Iguazu 5: Montpellier leads by 59 points.
Food & drink. Montpellier 64, Puerto Iguazu 28: Montpellier leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Montpellier 60, Puerto Iguazu 9: Montpellier leads by 51 points.
Nightlife. Montpellier 56, Puerto Iguazu 14: Montpellier leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montpellier 72, Puerto Iguazu 95: Puerto Iguazu leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Montpellier 85, Puerto Iguazu 33: Montpellier leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Montpellier 62, Puerto Iguazu 55: Montpellier leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Montpellier 74, Puerto Iguazu 54: Montpellier leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Montpellier 47, Puerto Iguazu 17: Montpellier leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Montpellier 50, Puerto Iguazu 48: Montpellier leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montpellier 63, Puerto Iguazu 7: Montpellier leads by 56 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montpellier 42, Puerto Iguazu 34: Montpellier leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montpellier and Puerto Iguazu.

Your match

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

Montpellier
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Puerto Iguazu
33match

Wins on nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Montpellier in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
17 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 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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MontpellierPuerto Iguazu

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montpellier: 1991-2020 normals, Montpellier (7.8 km from centre). Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontpellierPuerto Iguazu
Official languageFrenchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112117 or 911
Elevation7 m162 m
Main airportMontpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL)8 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontpellierPuerto Iguazu
City population310,24054,903
People per km²5,452-
Museums within 10 km140
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 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). 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.