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The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle
Taipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain, Taipei
TaipeiTaipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain

Photos: Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License; Taipei by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Puerto Iguazu or Taipei?

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

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

Choose Taipei for

  • food and drink
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Taipei’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, Taipei 40: Taipei leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Puerto Iguazu 28, Taipei 88: Taipei leads by 60 points.
Culture & sights. Puerto Iguazu 9, Taipei 68: Taipei leads by 59 points.
Nightlife. Puerto Iguazu 14, Taipei 58: Taipei leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Puerto Iguazu 95, Taipei 78: Puerto Iguazu leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Puerto Iguazu 33, Taipei 76: Taipei leads by 43 points.
Good for families. Puerto Iguazu 55, Taipei 72: Taipei leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Puerto Iguazu 54, Taipei 86: Taipei leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Puerto Iguazu 17, Taipei 70: Taipei leads by 53 points.
Affordability. Puerto Iguazu 48, Taipei 66: Taipei leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Puerto Iguazu 7, Taipei 55: Taipei leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Puerto Iguazu 34, Taipei 80: Taipei leads by 46 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Puerto Iguazu and Taipei.

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 with your weighting.

Taipei
Best match
70match

Wins on food and drink 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

Taipei in July

35 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
288 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Taipei 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). Taipei: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sungshan / Taipei (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePuerto IguazuTaipei
Official languageSpanishTaiwanese Sign Language, Amis, Taiwanese Hokkien, Rukai, Bunun, Kanakanavu, Standard Taiwanese Mandarin, Paiwan, Yami, Atayal, Saaroa, Kavalan, Tsou, Seediq, Puyuma, Saisiyat, Sakizaya, Taiwanese Hakka, Truku, Matsu dialect, Kinmen dialect, Wuqiu dialect
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)New Taiwan Dollar (TWD)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+8
Emergency number117 or 911110 or 112 or 119
Elevation162 m10 m
Main airportCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centre
Public holidays this year16 days-

By the numbers

MeasurePuerto IguazuTaipei
City population54,9032,429,429
People per km²-8,938
Museums within 10 km069
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. 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.