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The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Puerto Iguazu or Valletta?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Valletta for

  • culture and sights
  • beaches
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Valletta’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, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Puerto Iguazu 28, Valletta 55: Valletta leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Puerto Iguazu 9, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 67 points.
Nightlife. Puerto Iguazu 14, Valletta 46: Valletta leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Puerto Iguazu 95, Valletta 56: Puerto Iguazu leads by 39 points.
Day trips. Puerto Iguazu 33, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 43 points.
Good for families. Puerto Iguazu 55, Valletta 58: Valletta leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Puerto Iguazu 54, Valletta 62: Valletta leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Puerto Iguazu 17, Valletta 38: Valletta leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Puerto Iguazu 48, Valletta 50: Valletta leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Puerto Iguazu 7, Valletta 44: Valletta leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Puerto Iguazu 34, Valletta 32: Puerto Iguazu leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Puerto Iguazu and Valletta.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Valletta
Best match
55match

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

Valletta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 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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Puerto IguazuValletta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePuerto IguazuValletta
Official languageSpanishEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911112
Elevation162 m56 m
Main airportCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasurePuerto IguazuValletta
City population54,9035,197
People per km²-6,496
Museums within 10 km016
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.