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The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle
The White Tower from the promenade, Thessaloniki
ThessalonikiThe White Tower from the promenade

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

Puerto Iguazu or Thessaloniki?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Thessaloniki for

  • culture and sights
  • nightlife
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Thessaloniki’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, Thessaloniki 55: Thessaloniki leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Puerto Iguazu 28, Thessaloniki 77: Thessaloniki leads by 49 points.
Culture & sights. Puerto Iguazu 9, Thessaloniki 73: Thessaloniki leads by 64 points.
Nightlife. Puerto Iguazu 14, Thessaloniki 76: Thessaloniki leads by 62 points.
Nature & outdoors. Puerto Iguazu 95, Thessaloniki 66: Puerto Iguazu leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Puerto Iguazu 33, Thessaloniki 74: Thessaloniki leads by 41 points.
Good for families. Puerto Iguazu 55, Thessaloniki 50: Puerto Iguazu leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Puerto Iguazu 54, Thessaloniki 60: Thessaloniki leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Puerto Iguazu 17, Thessaloniki 50: Thessaloniki leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Puerto Iguazu 48, Thessaloniki 66: Thessaloniki leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Puerto Iguazu 7, Thessaloniki 52: Thessaloniki leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Puerto Iguazu 34, Thessaloniki 33: Puerto Iguazu 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 Thessaloniki.

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.

Thessaloniki
Best match
61match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Thessaloniki in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Puerto IguazuThessaloniki

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre). Thessaloniki: 1991-2020 normals, Thessaloniki Airport (14 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePuerto IguazuThessaloniki
Official languageSpanishGreek
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 m6 m
Main airportCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)14 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasurePuerto IguazuThessaloniki
City population54,903309,617
People per km²-16,042
Museums within 10 km032
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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. 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.