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The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Puerto Iguazu or Tallinn?

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

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

Choose Tallinn for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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, Tallinn 28: Tallinn leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Puerto Iguazu 28, Tallinn 52: Tallinn leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Puerto Iguazu 9, Tallinn 68: Tallinn leads by 59 points.
Nightlife. Puerto Iguazu 14, Tallinn 44: Tallinn leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Puerto Iguazu 95, Tallinn 55: Puerto Iguazu leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Puerto Iguazu 33, Tallinn 58: Tallinn leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Puerto Iguazu 55, Tallinn 60: Tallinn leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Puerto Iguazu 54, Tallinn 72: Tallinn leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Puerto Iguazu 17, Tallinn 40: Tallinn leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Puerto Iguazu 48, Tallinn 47: Puerto Iguazu leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Puerto Iguazu 7, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Puerto Iguazu 34, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Puerto Iguazu and Tallinn.

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.

Tallinn
Best match
52match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Puerto IguazuTallinn

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePuerto IguazuTallinn
Official languageSpanishEstonian
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911112
Elevation162 m28 m
Main airportCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasurePuerto IguazuTallinn
City population54,903457,572
People per km²-2,871
Museums within 10 km016
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

Where else could you go?

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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.