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The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Puerto Iguazu or Toronto?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Toronto for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: Toronto leads by 29 points.
Food & drink. Puerto Iguazu 28, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Puerto Iguazu 9, Toronto 50: Toronto leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Puerto Iguazu 14, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Puerto Iguazu 95, Toronto 52: Puerto Iguazu leads by 43 points.
Day trips. Puerto Iguazu 33, Toronto 50: Toronto leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Puerto Iguazu 55, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Puerto Iguazu 54, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Puerto Iguazu 17, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 49 points.
Affordability. Puerto Iguazu 48, Toronto 34: Puerto Iguazu leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Puerto Iguazu 7, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 65 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Puerto Iguazu 34, Toronto 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 Toronto.

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.

Toronto
Best match
55match

Wins on live music and the arts and shopping 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

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Puerto IguazuToronto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePuerto IguazuToronto
Official languageSpanishFrench, English
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911911
Elevation162 m76 m
Main airportCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePuerto IguazuToronto
City population54,9032,794,356
People per km²-4,434
Museums within 10 km032
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-1 month

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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.