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The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle
The Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
YogyakartaThe Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta

Photos: Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License; Yogyakarta by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Puerto Iguazu or Yogyakarta?

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 Yogyakarta for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Yogyakarta’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, Yogyakarta 22: Yogyakarta leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Puerto Iguazu 28, Yogyakarta 62: Yogyakarta leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Puerto Iguazu 9, Yogyakarta 68: Yogyakarta leads by 59 points.
Nightlife. Puerto Iguazu 14, Yogyakarta 32: Yogyakarta leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Puerto Iguazu 95, Yogyakarta 72: Puerto Iguazu leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Puerto Iguazu 33, Yogyakarta 78: Yogyakarta leads by 45 points.
Good for families. Puerto Iguazu 55, Yogyakarta 40: Puerto Iguazu leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Puerto Iguazu 54, Yogyakarta 35: Puerto Iguazu leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Puerto Iguazu 17, Yogyakarta 52: Yogyakarta leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Puerto Iguazu 48, Yogyakarta 92: Yogyakarta leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Puerto Iguazu 7, Yogyakarta 58: Yogyakarta leads by 51 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Puerto Iguazu 34, Yogyakarta 50: Yogyakarta 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 Yogyakarta.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Yogyakarta
Best match
55match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts 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

Yogyakarta in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
55 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
26 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Puerto IguazuYogyakarta

Where the figures come from

Yogyakarta has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre). Yogyakarta: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasurePuerto IguazuYogyakarta
Official languageSpanishIndonesian
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+7
Emergency number117 or 911112
Elevation162 m113 m
Main airportCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsYogyakarta International Airport (YIA)39 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days-

By the numbers

MeasurePuerto IguazuYogyakarta
City population54,903422,732
People per km²-13,007
Museums within 10 km038
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.