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The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle
The minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque

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

Puerto Iguazu or Tunis?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Tunis for

  • culture and sights
  • beaches
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Tunis’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, Tunis 60: Tunis leads by 55 points.
Food & drink. Puerto Iguazu 28, Tunis 60: Tunis leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Puerto Iguazu 9, Tunis 76: Tunis leads by 67 points.
Nightlife. Puerto Iguazu 14, Tunis 33: Tunis leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Puerto Iguazu 95, Tunis 45: Puerto Iguazu leads by 50 points.
Day trips. Puerto Iguazu 33, Tunis 77: Tunis leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Puerto Iguazu 55, Tunis 38: Puerto Iguazu leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Puerto Iguazu 54, Tunis 48: Puerto Iguazu leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Puerto Iguazu 17, Tunis 50: Tunis leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Puerto Iguazu 48, Tunis 86: Tunis leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Puerto Iguazu 7, Tunis 38: Tunis leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Puerto Iguazu 34, Tunis 58: Tunis leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Puerto Iguazu and Tunis.

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.

Tunis
Best match
56match

Wins on culture and sights and beaches 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

Tunis in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre). Tunis: 1991-2020 normals, Tunis-Carthage (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePuerto IguazuTunis
Official languageSpanishArabic
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Tunisian Dinar (TND)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1
Emergency number117 or 911Police 197, ambulance 190, fire 198
Elevation162 m4 m
Main airportCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasurePuerto IguazuTunis
City population54,903602,560
People per km²-2,834
Museums within 10 km016
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.