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The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle
The old railway depot in the snow, Steamboat Springs
Steamboat SpringsThe old railway depot in the snow

Photos: Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License; Steamboat Springs by Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Puerto Iguazu or Steamboat Springs?

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
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Steamboat Springs for

  • wellness
  • live music and the arts
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Steamboat Springs’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, Steamboat Springs 7: Steamboat Springs leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Puerto Iguazu 28, Steamboat Springs 30: Steamboat Springs leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Puerto Iguazu 9, Steamboat Springs 14: Steamboat Springs leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Puerto Iguazu 14, Steamboat Springs 20: Steamboat Springs leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Puerto Iguazu 95, Steamboat Springs 88: Puerto Iguazu leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Puerto Iguazu 33, Steamboat Springs 12: Puerto Iguazu leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Puerto Iguazu 55, Steamboat Springs 62: Steamboat Springs leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Puerto Iguazu 54, Steamboat Springs 46: Puerto Iguazu leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Puerto Iguazu 17, Steamboat Springs 22: Steamboat Springs leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Puerto Iguazu 48, Steamboat Springs 17: Puerto Iguazu leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Puerto Iguazu 7, Steamboat Springs 28: Steamboat Springs leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Puerto Iguazu 34, Steamboat Springs 70: Steamboat Springs leads by 36 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Puerto Iguazu and Steamboat Springs.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Puerto Iguazu
33match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Steamboat Springs
35match

Wins on wellness and live music and the arts 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

Steamboat Springs in July

28 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
31 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Puerto IguazuSteamboat Springs

Where the figures come from

Steamboat Springs has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre). Steamboat Springs: 2011-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Steamboat Springs / Steamboat Ii (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePuerto IguazuSteamboat Springs
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911911
Elevation162 m2,052 m
Main airportCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsYampa Valley Airport (HDN)33 km from centre17 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasurePuerto IguazuSteamboat Springs
City population54,90313,224
People per km²-503
Museums within 10 km00
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.