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The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle
The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress

Photos: Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License; Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License.

Puerto Iguazu or Salzburg?

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

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Salzburg for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Salzburg’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, Salzburg 35: Salzburg leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Puerto Iguazu 28, Salzburg 45: Salzburg leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Puerto Iguazu 9, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 63 points.
Nightlife. Puerto Iguazu 14, Salzburg 25: Salzburg leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Puerto Iguazu 95, Salzburg 86: Puerto Iguazu leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Puerto Iguazu 33, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 47 points.
Good for families. Puerto Iguazu 55, Salzburg 65: Salzburg leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Puerto Iguazu 54, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Puerto Iguazu 17, Salzburg 48: Salzburg leads by 31 points.
Affordability. Puerto Iguazu 48, Salzburg 32: Puerto Iguazu leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Puerto Iguazu 7, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 73 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Puerto Iguazu 34, Salzburg 55: Salzburg leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Puerto Iguazu and Salzburg.

Your match

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

Puerto Iguazu
33match

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

Salzburg
Best match
58match

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

Salzburg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Puerto IguazuSalzburg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre). Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePuerto IguazuSalzburg
Official languageSpanishGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911112
Elevation162 m424 m
Main airportCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasurePuerto IguazuSalzburg
City population54,903155,021
People per km²-2,360
Museums within 10 km038
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13

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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. 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.