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Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown
The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle

Photos: Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License.

Portland 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 Portland for

  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Portland’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. Portland 20, Puerto Iguazu 5: Portland leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Portland 68, Puerto Iguazu 28: Portland leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Portland 38, Puerto Iguazu 9: Portland leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Portland 52, Puerto Iguazu 14: Portland leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Portland 84, Puerto Iguazu 95: Puerto Iguazu leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Portland 58, Puerto Iguazu 33: Portland leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Portland and Puerto Iguazu are level on 55.
Getting around. Portland 62, Puerto Iguazu 54: Portland leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Portland 52, Puerto Iguazu 17: Portland leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Portland 38, Puerto Iguazu 48: Puerto Iguazu leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Portland 55, Puerto Iguazu 7: Portland leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Portland 42, Puerto Iguazu 34: Portland leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Portland and Puerto Iguazu.

Your match

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

Portland
Best match
52match

Wins on live music and the arts and food and drink 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.

Portland in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Puerto Iguazu in July

22 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
103 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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PortlandPuerto Iguazu

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre). Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePortlandPuerto Iguazu
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number911117 or 911
Elevation152 m162 m
Main airportPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasurePortlandPuerto Iguazu
City population652,50354,903
People per km²1,736-
Museums within 10 km170
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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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. 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.