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The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle
The House of the Blackheads at dusk, Riga
RigaThe House of the Blackheads at dusk

Photos: Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License; Riga by Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Puerto Iguazu or Riga?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Riga for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Riga’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 5, Riga 40: Riga leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Puerto Iguazu 28, Riga 52: Riga leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Puerto Iguazu 9, Riga 66: Riga leads by 57 points.
Nightlife. Puerto Iguazu 14, Riga 52: Riga leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Puerto Iguazu 95, Riga 55: Puerto Iguazu leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Puerto Iguazu 33, Riga 60: Riga leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Puerto Iguazu 55, Riga 50: Puerto Iguazu leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Puerto Iguazu 54, Riga 68: Riga leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Puerto Iguazu 17, Riga 45: Riga leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Puerto Iguazu 48, Riga 62: Riga leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Puerto Iguazu 7, Riga 65: Riga leads by 58 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Puerto Iguazu 34, Riga 50: Riga leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Puerto Iguazu and Riga.

Your match

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

Puerto Iguazu
33match

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

Riga
Best match
55match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights 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
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Riga in July

24 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
18 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Puerto IguazuRiga

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre). Riga: 1991-2020 normals, Riga (4.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePuerto IguazuRiga
Official languageSpanishLatvian
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911112
Elevation162 m6 m
Main airportCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsRiga International Airport (RIX)9 km from centre93 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days-

By the numbers

MeasurePuerto IguazuRiga
City population54,903588,911
Museums within 10 km012
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.