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The white beach below the high-rise hotels, Orange Beach
Orange BeachThe white beach below the high-rise hotels
The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle

Photos: Orange Beach by WeaponizingArchitecture, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License.

Orange Beach 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 Orange Beach for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • families

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

Choose Puerto Iguazu for

  • getting around
  • 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. Orange Beach 86, Puerto Iguazu 5: Orange Beach leads by 81 points.
Food & drink. Orange Beach 40, Puerto Iguazu 28: Orange Beach leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Orange Beach 7, Puerto Iguazu 9: Puerto Iguazu leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Orange Beach 30, Puerto Iguazu 14: Orange Beach leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Orange Beach 60, Puerto Iguazu 95: Puerto Iguazu leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Orange Beach 50, Puerto Iguazu 33: Orange Beach leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Orange Beach 75, Puerto Iguazu 55: Orange Beach leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Orange Beach 15, Puerto Iguazu 54: Puerto Iguazu leads by 39 points.
Shopping & style. Orange Beach 25, Puerto Iguazu 17: Orange Beach leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Orange Beach 38, Puerto Iguazu 48: Puerto Iguazu leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Orange Beach 32, Puerto Iguazu 7: Orange Beach leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Orange Beach 32, Puerto Iguazu 34: Puerto Iguazu leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Orange Beach and Puerto Iguazu.

Your match

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

Orange Beach
Best match
41match

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

Puerto Iguazu
33match

Wins on getting around and 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.

Orange Beach in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
200 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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Orange BeachPuerto Iguazu

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Orange Beach: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Gulf Shores / Bay Village Mobile Home Park (10.5 km from centre). Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOrange BeachPuerto Iguazu
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number911117 or 911
Elevation4 m162 m
Main airportPensacola International Airport (PNS)41 km from centre27 non-stop destinationsCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureOrange BeachPuerto Iguazu
City population8,09554,903
People per km²196-
Museums within 10 km00
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.