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Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan, New York
New YorkBrooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan
The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle

Photos: New York by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License.

New York 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 New York for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Puerto Iguazu for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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. New York 50, Puerto Iguazu 5: New York leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. New York 92, Puerto Iguazu 28: New York leads by 64 points.
Culture & sights. New York 89, Puerto Iguazu 9: New York leads by 80 points.
Nightlife. New York 97, Puerto Iguazu 14: New York leads by 83 points.
Nature & outdoors. New York 55, Puerto Iguazu 95: Puerto Iguazu leads by 40 points.
Day trips. New York 68, Puerto Iguazu 33: New York leads by 35 points.
Good for families. New York 70, Puerto Iguazu 55: New York leads by 15 points.
Getting around. New York 82, Puerto Iguazu 54: New York leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. New York 97, Puerto Iguazu 17: New York leads by 80 points.
Affordability. New York 12, Puerto Iguazu 48: Puerto Iguazu leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. New York 99, Puerto Iguazu 7: New York leads by 92 points.
Wellness & relaxation. New York 42, Puerto Iguazu 34: New York leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: New York and Puerto Iguazu.

Your match

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

New York
Best match
71match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

New York in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
107 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
22 °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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New YorkPuerto Iguazu

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. New York: 1991-2020 normals, LaGuardia Airport (12.9 km from centre). Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNew YorkPuerto 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
Elevation25 m162 m
Main airportJohn F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)21 km from centre189 non-stop destinationsCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureNew YorkPuerto Iguazu
City population8,804,19054,903
People per km²7,256-
Museums within 10 km1570
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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.