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The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle
The old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river, Tampa
TampaThe old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river

Photos: Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License; Tampa by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Puerto Iguazu or Tampa?

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 Tampa for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Tampa’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, Tampa 70: Tampa leads by 65 points.
Food & drink. Puerto Iguazu 28, Tampa 57: Tampa leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Puerto Iguazu 9, Tampa 42: Tampa leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Puerto Iguazu 14, Tampa 52: Tampa leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Puerto Iguazu 95, Tampa 55: Puerto Iguazu leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Puerto Iguazu 33, Tampa 54: Tampa leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Puerto Iguazu 55, Tampa 78: Tampa leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Puerto Iguazu 54, Tampa 22: Puerto Iguazu leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Puerto Iguazu 17, Tampa 40: Tampa leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Puerto Iguazu 48, Tampa 40: Puerto Iguazu leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Puerto Iguazu 7, Tampa 47: Tampa leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Puerto Iguazu 34, Tampa 30: Puerto Iguazu leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Puerto Iguazu and Tampa.

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.

Tampa
Best match
49match

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

Tampa in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre). Tampa: 1991-2020 normals, Tampa International Airport (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePuerto IguazuTampa
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 m30 m
Main airportCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsTampa International Airport (TPA)8 km from centre101 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePuerto IguazuTampa
City population54,903384,959
People per km²-848
Museums within 10 km06
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.