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The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle
Gastown, Vancouver
VancouverGastown

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

Puerto Iguazu or Vancouver?

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

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

Choose Vancouver for

  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Vancouver’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, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Puerto Iguazu 28, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 44 points.
Culture & sights. Puerto Iguazu 9, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Puerto Iguazu 14, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Puerto Iguazu 95, Vancouver 97: Vancouver leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Puerto Iguazu 33, Vancouver 45: Vancouver leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Puerto Iguazu 55, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Puerto Iguazu 54, Vancouver 73: Vancouver leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Puerto Iguazu 17, Vancouver 55: Vancouver leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Puerto Iguazu 48, Vancouver 27: Puerto Iguazu leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Puerto Iguazu 7, Vancouver 52: Vancouver leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Puerto Iguazu 34, Vancouver 50: Vancouver leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Puerto Iguazu and Vancouver.

Your match

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

Puerto Iguazu
33match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Vancouver
Best match
56match

Wins on live music and the arts and food and drink 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

Vancouver in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 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). Vancouver: 1991-2020 normals, Vancouver Harbour CS (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePuerto IguazuVancouver
Official languageSpanishFrench, English
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911911
Elevation162 m2 m
Main airportCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePuerto IguazuVancouver
City population54,903662,248
People per km²-5,759
Museums within 10 km026
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. 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.