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The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Puerto Iguazu or Wellington?

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
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Wellington for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Wellington leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Puerto Iguazu 28, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Puerto Iguazu 9, Wellington 44: Wellington leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Puerto Iguazu 14, Wellington 45: Wellington leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Puerto Iguazu 95, Wellington 78: Puerto Iguazu leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Puerto Iguazu 33, Wellington 40: Wellington leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Puerto Iguazu 55, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Puerto Iguazu 54, Wellington 68: Wellington leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Puerto Iguazu 17, Wellington 42: Wellington leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Puerto Iguazu 48, Wellington 33: Puerto Iguazu leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Puerto Iguazu 7, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 49 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Puerto Iguazu 34, Wellington 30: Puerto Iguazu 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 Wellington.

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 prices with your weighting.

Wellington
Best match
49match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePuerto IguazuWellington
Official languageSpanishEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911111
Elevation162 m0 m
Main airportCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasurePuerto IguazuWellington
City population54,903216,200
People per km²-487
Museums within 10 km012
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.