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The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle
Palms at CityPlace on Rosemary Avenue, West Palm Beach
West Palm BeachPalms at CityPlace on Rosemary Avenue

Photos: Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License; West Palm Beach by Michael Rivera, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Puerto Iguazu or West Palm Beach?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose West Palm Beach for

  • beaches
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on West Palm Beach’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, West Palm Beach 80: West Palm Beach leads by 75 points.
Food & drink. Puerto Iguazu 28, West Palm Beach 52: West Palm Beach leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Puerto Iguazu 9, West Palm Beach 42: West Palm Beach leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Puerto Iguazu 14, West Palm Beach 36: West Palm Beach leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Puerto Iguazu 95, West Palm Beach 58: Puerto Iguazu leads by 37 points.
Day trips. Puerto Iguazu 33, West Palm Beach 55: West Palm Beach leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Puerto Iguazu 55, West Palm Beach 66: West Palm Beach leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Puerto Iguazu 54, West Palm Beach 38: Puerto Iguazu leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Puerto Iguazu 17, West Palm Beach 64: West Palm Beach leads by 47 points.
Affordability. Puerto Iguazu 48, West Palm Beach 23: Puerto Iguazu leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Puerto Iguazu 7, West Palm Beach 47: West Palm Beach leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Puerto Iguazu 34, West Palm Beach 44: West Palm Beach leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Puerto Iguazu and West Palm Beach.

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.

West Palm Beach
Best match
50match

Wins on beaches and shopping 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

West Palm Beach in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Puerto IguazuWest Palm Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre). West Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePuerto IguazuWest Palm Beach
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911911
Elevation162 m6 m
Main airportCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePuerto IguazuWest Palm Beach
City population54,903117,415
People per km²-786
Museums within 10 km04
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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.