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The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle
The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

Puerto Iguazu or The Hague?

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 The Hague for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on The Hague’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, The Hague 38: The Hague leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Puerto Iguazu 28, The Hague 48: The Hague leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Puerto Iguazu 9, The Hague 66: The Hague leads by 57 points.
Nightlife. Puerto Iguazu 14, The Hague 38: The Hague leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Puerto Iguazu 95, The Hague 52: Puerto Iguazu leads by 43 points.
Day trips. Puerto Iguazu 33, The Hague 86: The Hague leads by 53 points.
Good for families. Puerto Iguazu 55, The Hague 72: The Hague leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Puerto Iguazu 54, The Hague 78: The Hague leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Puerto Iguazu 17, The Hague 55: The Hague leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Puerto Iguazu 48, The Hague 35: Puerto Iguazu leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Puerto Iguazu 7, The Hague 58: The Hague leads by 51 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Puerto Iguazu 34, The Hague 45: The Hague leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Puerto Iguazu and The Hague.

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.

The Hague
Best match
56match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips 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

The Hague in July

21 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Puerto IguazuThe Hague

Where the figures come from

The Hague 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.

The Hague's sunshine is measured 60 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePuerto IguazuThe Hague
Official languageSpanishDutch
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911112
Elevation162 m1 m
Main airportCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePuerto IguazuThe Hague
City population54,903548,320
People per km²-5,589
Museums within 10 km054
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.