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The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Puerto Iguazu or Windhoek?

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
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Windhoek for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Windhoek’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, Windhoek 4: Puerto Iguazu leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Puerto Iguazu 28, Windhoek 36: Windhoek leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Puerto Iguazu 9, Windhoek 30: Windhoek leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Puerto Iguazu 14, Windhoek 25: Windhoek leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Puerto Iguazu 95, Windhoek 52: Puerto Iguazu leads by 43 points.
Day trips. Puerto Iguazu 33, Windhoek 14: Puerto Iguazu leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Puerto Iguazu 55, Windhoek 30: Puerto Iguazu leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Puerto Iguazu 54, Windhoek 22: Puerto Iguazu leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Puerto Iguazu 17, Windhoek 30: Windhoek leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Puerto Iguazu 48, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Puerto Iguazu 7, Windhoek 18: Windhoek leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Puerto Iguazu 34, Windhoek 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 Windhoek.

Your match

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

Puerto Iguazu
Best match
33match

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

Windhoek
29match

Wins on culture and sights and prices 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
11 hdaylight a day

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Puerto IguazuWindhoek

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePuerto IguazuWindhoek
Official languageSpanishEnglish
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+2
Emergency number117 or 911112
Elevation162 m1,650 m
Main airportCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePuerto IguazuWindhoek
City population54,903486,169
People per km²-95
Museums within 10 km05
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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