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The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle
The Opera House from the water, Sydney
SydneyThe Opera House from the water

Photos: Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License; Sydney by Bernard Spragg, CC0.

Puerto Iguazu or Sydney?

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 Sydney for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Sydney’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, Sydney 95: Sydney leads by 90 points.
Food & drink. Puerto Iguazu 28, Sydney 77: Sydney leads by 49 points.
Culture & sights. Puerto Iguazu 9, Sydney 60: Sydney leads by 51 points.
Nightlife. Puerto Iguazu 14, Sydney 60: Sydney leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. Puerto Iguazu 95, Sydney 85: Puerto Iguazu leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Puerto Iguazu 33, Sydney 50: Sydney leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Puerto Iguazu 55, Sydney 75: Sydney leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Puerto Iguazu 54, Sydney 75: Sydney leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Puerto Iguazu 17, Sydney 68: Sydney leads by 51 points.
Affordability. Puerto Iguazu 48, Sydney 22: Puerto Iguazu leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Puerto Iguazu 7, Sydney 73: Sydney leads by 66 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Puerto Iguazu 34, Sydney 55: Sydney leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Puerto Iguazu and Sydney.

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.

Sydney
Best match
66match

Wins on beaches 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
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Sydney in July

18 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
70 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Puerto IguazuSydney

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre). Sydney: 1991-2020 normals, Sydney Airport (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePuerto IguazuSydney
Official languageSpanishEnglish
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911000
Elevation162 m6 m
Main airportCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsSydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD)9 km from centre99 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePuerto IguazuSydney
City population54,9035,450,496
People per km²-449
Museums within 10 km038
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.