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The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Puerto Iguazu or Tel Aviv?

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 Tel Aviv for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Tel Aviv’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, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 81 points.
Food & drink. Puerto Iguazu 28, Tel Aviv 80: Tel Aviv leads by 52 points.
Culture & sights. Puerto Iguazu 9, Tel Aviv 57: Tel Aviv leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Puerto Iguazu 14, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 68 points.
Nature & outdoors. Puerto Iguazu 95, Tel Aviv 52: Puerto Iguazu leads by 43 points.
Day trips. Puerto Iguazu 33, Tel Aviv 84: Tel Aviv leads by 51 points.
Good for families. Puerto Iguazu 55, Tel Aviv 68: Tel Aviv leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Puerto Iguazu 54, Tel Aviv 64: Tel Aviv leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Puerto Iguazu 17, Tel Aviv 55: Tel Aviv leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Puerto Iguazu 48, Tel Aviv 14: Puerto Iguazu leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Puerto Iguazu 7, Tel Aviv 70: Tel Aviv leads by 63 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Puerto Iguazu 34, Tel Aviv 35: Tel Aviv leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Puerto Iguazu and Tel Aviv.

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.

Tel Aviv
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches and nightlife 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

Tel Aviv in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Puerto IguazuTel Aviv

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

Before you go

MeasurePuerto IguazuTel Aviv
Official languageSpanishHebrew
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911Police 100, fire 102
Elevation162 m5 m
Main airportCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days-

By the numbers

MeasurePuerto IguazuTel Aviv
City population54,903467,875
People per km²-8,998
Museums within 10 km098
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 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.