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The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Puerto Iguazu or Savannah?

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 Savannah for

  • culture and sights
  • beaches
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Savannah’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, Savannah 55: Savannah leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Puerto Iguazu 28, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Puerto Iguazu 9, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 59 points.
Nightlife. Puerto Iguazu 14, Savannah 52: Savannah leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Puerto Iguazu 95, Savannah 48: Puerto Iguazu leads by 47 points.
Day trips. Puerto Iguazu 33, Savannah 60: Savannah leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Puerto Iguazu 55, Savannah 50: Puerto Iguazu leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Puerto Iguazu 54, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Puerto Iguazu 17, Savannah 42: Savannah leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Puerto Iguazu 48, Savannah 35: Puerto Iguazu leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Puerto Iguazu 7, Savannah 40: Savannah leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Puerto Iguazu 34, Savannah 40: Savannah 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 Savannah.

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.

Savannah
Best match
51match

Wins on culture and sights and beaches 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

Savannah in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
144 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Puerto IguazuSavannah

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePuerto IguazuSavannah
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911911
Elevation162 m15 m
Main airportCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasurePuerto IguazuSavannah
City population54,903147,780
People per km²-524
Museums within 10 km019
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 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. 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.