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The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle
The Colosseum, Rome
RomeThe Colosseum

Photos: Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License; Rome by Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Puerto Iguazu or Rome?

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
  • prices
  • families

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

Choose Rome for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Rome’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, Rome 50: Rome leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Puerto Iguazu 28, Rome 82: Rome leads by 54 points.
Culture & sights. Puerto Iguazu 9, Rome 99: Rome leads by 90 points.
Nightlife. Puerto Iguazu 14, Rome 58: Rome leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Puerto Iguazu 95, Rome 58: Puerto Iguazu leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Puerto Iguazu 33, Rome 92: Rome leads by 59 points.
Good for families. Puerto Iguazu 55, Rome 50: Puerto Iguazu leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Puerto Iguazu 54, Rome 60: Rome leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Puerto Iguazu 17, Rome 72: Rome leads by 55 points.
Affordability. Puerto Iguazu 48, Rome 38: Puerto Iguazu leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Puerto Iguazu 7, Rome 68: Rome leads by 61 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Puerto Iguazu 34, Rome 40: Rome leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Puerto Iguazu and Rome.

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 prices with your weighting.

Rome
Best match
64match

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
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Rome in July

31 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
21 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Rome's sunshine is measured 31 km from the centre, at Vigna Di Valle.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre). Rome: 1991-2020 normals, Roma / Ciampino (15.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePuerto IguazuRome
Official languageSpanishItalian
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911112
Elevation162 m21 m
Main airportCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsRome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (FCO)23 km from centre242 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePuerto IguazuRome
City population54,9032,748,109
People per km²-2,135
Museums within 10 km0178
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km17
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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. 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.