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The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle
The Assembly Hall on Temple Square, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake CityThe Assembly Hall on Temple Square

Photos: Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License; Salt Lake City by hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Puerto Iguazu or Salt Lake City?

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

  • getting around
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Salt Lake City for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Salt Lake City’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, Salt Lake City 12: Salt Lake City leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Puerto Iguazu 28, Salt Lake City 40: Salt Lake City leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Puerto Iguazu 9, Salt Lake City 42: Salt Lake City leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Puerto Iguazu 14, Salt Lake City 30: Salt Lake City leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Puerto Iguazu 95, Salt Lake City 90: Puerto Iguazu leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Puerto Iguazu 33, Salt Lake City 34: Salt Lake City leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Puerto Iguazu 55, Salt Lake City 72: Salt Lake City leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Puerto Iguazu 54, Salt Lake City 42: Puerto Iguazu leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Puerto Iguazu 17, Salt Lake City 36: Salt Lake City leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Puerto Iguazu 48, Salt Lake City 40: Puerto Iguazu leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Puerto Iguazu 7, Salt Lake City 55: Salt Lake City leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Puerto Iguazu 34, Salt Lake City 38: Salt Lake City leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Puerto Iguazu and Salt Lake City.

Your match

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

Puerto Iguazu
33match

Wins on getting around and prices with your weighting.

Salt Lake City
Best match
44match

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
11 hdaylight a day

Salt Lake City in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Puerto IguazuSalt Lake City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre). Salt Lake City: 1991-2020 normals, Salt Lake City International Airport (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePuerto IguazuSalt Lake City
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911911
Elevation162 m1,288 m
Main airportCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)9 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasurePuerto IguazuSalt Lake City
City population54,903199,723
People per km²-690
Museums within 10 km012
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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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.