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The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle
The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace

Photos: Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License; Split by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Puerto Iguazu or Split?

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 Split for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Split’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, Split 75: Split leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Puerto Iguazu 28, Split 57: Split leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Puerto Iguazu 9, Split 66: Split leads by 57 points.
Nightlife. Puerto Iguazu 14, Split 52: Split leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Puerto Iguazu 95, Split 77: Puerto Iguazu leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Puerto Iguazu 33, Split 78: Split leads by 45 points.
Good for families. Puerto Iguazu 55, Split 54: Puerto Iguazu leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Puerto Iguazu 54, Split 67: Split leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Puerto Iguazu 17, Split 32: Split leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Puerto Iguazu 48, Split 45: Puerto Iguazu leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Puerto Iguazu 7, Split 37: Split leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Puerto Iguazu 34, Split 40: Split 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 Split.

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.

Split
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches 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

Split in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
25 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Puerto IguazuSplit

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre). Split: 1991-2020 normals, Split / Marjan (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePuerto IguazuSplit
Official languageSpanishCroatian
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 m0 m
Main airportCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasurePuerto IguazuSplit
City population54,903160,577
Museums within 10 km011
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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.