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The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Puerto Iguazu or Tokyo?

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

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

Choose Tokyo for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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, Tokyo 40: Tokyo leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Puerto Iguazu 28, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 70 points.
Culture & sights. Puerto Iguazu 9, Tokyo 84: Tokyo leads by 75 points.
Nightlife. Puerto Iguazu 14, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 72 points.
Nature & outdoors. Puerto Iguazu 95, Tokyo 68: Puerto Iguazu leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Puerto Iguazu 33, Tokyo 85: Tokyo leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Puerto Iguazu 55, Tokyo 95: Tokyo leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Puerto Iguazu 54, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Puerto Iguazu 17, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 82 points.
Affordability. Puerto Iguazu and Tokyo are level on 48.
Live music & performing arts. Puerto Iguazu 7, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 79 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Puerto Iguazu 34, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 44 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Puerto Iguazu and Tokyo.

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 with your weighting.

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on shopping 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

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Puerto IguazuTokyo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre). Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePuerto IguazuTokyo
Official languageSpanishJapanese
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+9
Emergency number117 or 911Police 110, fire 119
Elevation162 m6 m
Main airportCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasurePuerto IguazuTokyo
City population54,90314,264,798
People per km²-6,501
Museums within 10 km0192
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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.