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The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle
St. Petersburg, Florida

Photos: Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License.

Puerto Iguazu or St. Petersburg, Florida?

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
  • getting around
  • prices

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

Choose St. Petersburg, Florida for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on St. Petersburg, Florida’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, St. Petersburg, Florida 85: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 80 points.
Food & drink. Puerto Iguazu 28, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Puerto Iguazu 9, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 43 points.
Nightlife. Puerto Iguazu 14, St. Petersburg, Florida 44: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Puerto Iguazu 95, St. Petersburg, Florida 58: Puerto Iguazu leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Puerto Iguazu 33, St. Petersburg, Florida 55: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Puerto Iguazu 55, St. Petersburg, Florida 70: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Puerto Iguazu 54, St. Petersburg, Florida 33: Puerto Iguazu leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Puerto Iguazu 17, St. Petersburg, Florida 38: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Puerto Iguazu 48, St. Petersburg, Florida 35: Puerto Iguazu leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Puerto Iguazu 7, St. Petersburg, Florida 42: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Puerto Iguazu 34, St. Petersburg, Florida 40: St. Petersburg, Florida 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 St. Petersburg, Florida.

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 getting around with your weighting.

St. Petersburg, Florida
Best match
50match

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

St. Petersburg, Florida in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Puerto IguazuSt. Petersburg, Florida

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre). St. Petersburg, Florida: 1998-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Saint Petersburg (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePuerto IguazuSt. Petersburg, Florida
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 m134 m
Main airportCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePuerto IguazuSt. Petersburg, Florida
City population54,903258,308
People per km²-725
Museums within 10 km013
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-8 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.