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The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle
The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky

Photos: Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License; Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Puerto Iguazu or Quito?

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 Puerto Iguazu for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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

Choose Quito for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Quito’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. Puerto Iguazu and Quito are level on 5.
Food & drink. Puerto Iguazu 28, Quito 54: Quito leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Puerto Iguazu 9, Quito 77: Quito leads by 68 points.
Nightlife. Puerto Iguazu 14, Quito 40: Quito leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Puerto Iguazu 95, Quito 86: Puerto Iguazu leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Puerto Iguazu 33, Quito 55: Quito leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Puerto Iguazu 55, Quito 32: Puerto Iguazu leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Puerto Iguazu 54, Quito 45: Puerto Iguazu leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Puerto Iguazu 17, Quito 40: Quito leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Puerto Iguazu 48, Quito 78: Quito leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Puerto Iguazu 7, Quito 38: Quito leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Puerto Iguazu 34, Quito 44: Quito leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Puerto Iguazu and Quito.

Your match

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

Puerto Iguazu
33match

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

Quito
Best match
50match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Puerto Iguazu in July

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

Quito in July

18 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Quito's station stands 208 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre). Quito: 1961-1990 normals, Izobamba-Santa Catalina (16.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePuerto IguazuQuito
Official languageSpanishSpanish, Shuar, Northern Quichua
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-5
Emergency number117 or 911911
Elevation162 m2,850 m
Main airportCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePuerto IguazuQuito
City population54,9031,763,275
People per km²-4,735
Museums within 10 km016
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12

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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). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.