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The white beach below the high-rise hotels, Orange Beach
Orange BeachThe white beach below the high-rise hotels
Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains

Photos: Orange Beach by WeaponizingArchitecture, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.

Orange Beach 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 Orange Beach for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • families

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

Choose Ushuaia for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

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. Orange Beach 86, Ushuaia 3: Orange Beach leads by 83 points.
Food & drink. Orange Beach and Ushuaia are level on 40.
Culture & sights. Orange Beach 7, Ushuaia 22: Ushuaia leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Orange Beach 30, Ushuaia 18: Orange Beach leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Orange Beach 60, Ushuaia 88: Ushuaia leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Orange Beach 50, Ushuaia 14: Orange Beach leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Orange Beach 75, Ushuaia 40: Orange Beach leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Orange Beach 15, Ushuaia 45: Ushuaia leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Orange Beach 25, Ushuaia 22: Orange Beach leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Orange Beach 38, Ushuaia 42: Ushuaia leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Orange Beach 32, Ushuaia 10: Orange Beach leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Orange Beach 32, Ushuaia 26: Orange Beach leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Orange Beach and Ushuaia.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Ushuaia
31match

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

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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Orange BeachUshuaia

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). Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOrange BeachUshuaia
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 m23 m
Main airportPensacola International Airport (PNS)41 km from centre27 non-stop destinationsUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureOrange BeachUshuaia
City population8,09582,615
People per km²1963,592
Museums within 10 km05
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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.