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The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle
Rice terraces and palms at Tegallalang, Ubud
UbudRice terraces and palms at Tegallalang

Photos: Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License; Ubud by Pinterpandai, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Puerto Iguazu or Ubud?

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

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Ubud for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Ubud’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, Ubud 38: Ubud leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Puerto Iguazu 28, Ubud 60: Ubud leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Puerto Iguazu 9, Ubud 58: Ubud leads by 49 points.
Nightlife. Puerto Iguazu 14, Ubud 15: Ubud leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Puerto Iguazu 95, Ubud 80: Puerto Iguazu leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Puerto Iguazu 33, Ubud 72: Ubud leads by 39 points.
Good for families. Puerto Iguazu 55, Ubud 48: Puerto Iguazu leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Puerto Iguazu 54, Ubud 10: Puerto Iguazu leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Puerto Iguazu 17, Ubud 52: Ubud leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Puerto Iguazu 48, Ubud 80: Ubud leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Puerto Iguazu 7, Ubud 47: Ubud leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Puerto Iguazu 34, Ubud 96: Ubud leads by 62 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Puerto Iguazu and Ubud.

Your match

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

Puerto Iguazu
33match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Ubud
Best match
55match

Wins on wellness and culture and sights 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

Ubud in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
110 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
27 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Puerto IguazuUbud

Where the figures come from

Ubud's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai.

Ubud's station stands 209 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Ubud has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre). Ubud: 1991-2020 normals, Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai (29 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePuerto IguazuUbud
Official languageSpanishIndonesian
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+8
Emergency number117 or 911112
Elevation162 m210 m
Main airportCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS)29 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days-

By the numbers

MeasurePuerto IguazuUbud
City population54,903-
Museums within 10 km014
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

Where else could you go?

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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.