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The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle
The Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70

Photos: Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License; Seattle by Caio, Pexels License.

Puerto Iguazu or Seattle?

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 Seattle for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Seattle’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, Seattle 30: Seattle leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Puerto Iguazu 28, Seattle 66: Seattle leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Puerto Iguazu 9, Seattle 50: Seattle leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Puerto Iguazu 14, Seattle 55: Seattle leads by 41 points.
Nature & outdoors. Puerto Iguazu 95, Seattle 87: Puerto Iguazu leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Puerto Iguazu 33, Seattle 55: Seattle leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Puerto Iguazu 55, Seattle 64: Seattle leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Puerto Iguazu 54, Seattle 60: Seattle leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Puerto Iguazu 17, Seattle 52: Seattle leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Puerto Iguazu 48, Seattle 22: Puerto Iguazu leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Puerto Iguazu 7, Seattle 70: Seattle leads by 63 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Puerto Iguazu 34, Seattle 40: Seattle 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 Seattle.

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.

Seattle
Best match
54match

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

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Puerto IguazuSeattle

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre). Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePuerto IguazuSeattle
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911911
Elevation162 m40 m
Main airportCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePuerto IguazuSeattle
City population54,903737,015
People per km²-1,996
Museums within 10 km027
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.