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Palermo Cathedral, Palermo
PalermoPalermo Cathedral
The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle

Photos: Palermo by Antonino Giangrasso, Pexels License; Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License.

Palermo 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 Palermo for

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

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

Choose Puerto Iguazu for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • getting around

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. Palermo 77, Puerto Iguazu 5: Palermo leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Palermo 81, Puerto Iguazu 28: Palermo leads by 53 points.
Culture & sights. Palermo 80, Puerto Iguazu 9: Palermo leads by 71 points.
Nightlife. Palermo 58, Puerto Iguazu 14: Palermo leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Palermo 72, Puerto Iguazu 95: Puerto Iguazu leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Palermo 84, Puerto Iguazu 33: Palermo leads by 51 points.
Good for families. Palermo 44, Puerto Iguazu 55: Puerto Iguazu leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Palermo 50, Puerto Iguazu 54: Puerto Iguazu leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Palermo 44, Puerto Iguazu 17: Palermo leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Palermo 63, Puerto Iguazu 48: Palermo leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Palermo 62, Puerto Iguazu 7: Palermo leads by 55 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Palermo 30, Puerto Iguazu 34: Puerto Iguazu leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Palermo and Puerto Iguazu.

Your match

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

Palermo
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Puerto Iguazu
33match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Palermo in July

29 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
26 °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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Where the figures come from

Palermo 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.

Palermo's sunshine is measured 67 km from the centre, at Ustica.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Palermo: 1991-2020 (sunshine 1961-1990) normals, Palermo / Punta Raisi (24.1 km from centre). Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePalermoPuerto Iguazu
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
Elevation14 m162 m
Main airportFalcone–Borsellino Airport (PMO)25 km from centre106 non-stop destinationsCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasurePalermoPuerto Iguazu
City population630,16754,903
People per km²3,924-
Museums within 10 km420
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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.