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The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Puerto Iguazu or Tromso?

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

  • prices
  • day trips
  • families

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

Choose Tromso for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Tromso’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, Tromso 8: Tromso leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Puerto Iguazu 28, Tromso 36: Tromso leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Puerto Iguazu 9, Tromso 27: Tromso leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Puerto Iguazu 14, Tromso 38: Tromso leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Puerto Iguazu 95, Tromso 92: Puerto Iguazu leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Puerto Iguazu 33, Tromso 14: Puerto Iguazu leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Puerto Iguazu 55, Tromso 45: Puerto Iguazu leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Puerto Iguazu 54, Tromso 60: Tromso leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Puerto Iguazu 17, Tromso 15: Puerto Iguazu leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Puerto Iguazu 48, Tromso 11: Puerto Iguazu leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Puerto Iguazu 7, Tromso 32: Tromso leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Puerto Iguazu 34, Tromso 38: Tromso leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Puerto Iguazu and Tromso.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Puerto Iguazu
33match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Tromso in July

16 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
24 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Puerto IguazuTromso

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePuerto IguazuTromso
Official languageSpanishNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation162 m20 m
Main airportCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePuerto IguazuTromso
City population54,90379,943
People per km²-32
Museums within 10 km08
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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. 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.