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The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Puerto Iguazu or Tangier?

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
  • families
  • getting around

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

Choose Tangier for

  • culture and sights
  • beaches
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Tangier’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, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Puerto Iguazu 28, Tangier 58: Tangier leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Puerto Iguazu 9, Tangier 57: Tangier leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Puerto Iguazu 14, Tangier 30: Tangier leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Puerto Iguazu 95, Tangier 55: Puerto Iguazu leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Puerto Iguazu 33, Tangier 72: Tangier leads by 39 points.
Good for families. Puerto Iguazu 55, Tangier 35: Puerto Iguazu leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Puerto Iguazu 54, Tangier 40: Puerto Iguazu leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Puerto Iguazu 17, Tangier 42: Tangier leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Puerto Iguazu 48, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Puerto Iguazu 7, Tangier 28: Tangier leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Puerto Iguazu 34, Tangier 50: Tangier 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 Tangier.

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 families with your weighting.

Tangier
Best match
49match

Wins on culture and sights and beaches 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

Tangier in July

29 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
22 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Puerto IguazuTangier

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePuerto IguazuTangier
Official languageSpanishArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1
Emergency number117 or 911Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation162 m56 m
Main airportCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePuerto IguazuTangier
City population54,9031,275,428
People per km²-6,393
Museums within 10 km06
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.