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The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle
Minato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock, Yokohama
YokohamaMinato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock

Photos: Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License; Yokohama by Yoshio Kohara, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Puerto Iguazu or Yokohama?

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

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

Choose Yokohama for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Yokohama’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, Yokohama 46: Yokohama leads by 41 points.
Food & drink. Puerto Iguazu 28, Yokohama 72: Yokohama leads by 44 points.
Culture & sights. Puerto Iguazu 9, Yokohama 55: Yokohama leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Puerto Iguazu 14, Yokohama 44: Yokohama leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Puerto Iguazu 95, Yokohama 66: Puerto Iguazu leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Puerto Iguazu 33, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 53 points.
Good for families. Puerto Iguazu 55, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 31 points.
Getting around. Puerto Iguazu 54, Yokohama 87: Yokohama leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Puerto Iguazu 17, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 43 points.
Affordability. Puerto Iguazu 48, Yokohama 55: Yokohama leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Puerto Iguazu 7, Yokohama 56: Yokohama leads by 49 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Puerto Iguazu 34, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Puerto Iguazu and Yokohama.

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 with your weighting.

Yokohama
Best match
64match

Wins on day trips 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

Yokohama in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Yokohama's sunshine is measured 29 km from the centre, at Tokyo.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre). Yokohama: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Yokohama (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePuerto IguazuYokohama
Official languageSpanishJapanese
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+9
Emergency number117 or 911Police 110, fire 119
Elevation162 m24 m
Main airportCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasurePuerto IguazuYokohama
City population54,9033,757,630
People per km²-8,585
Museums within 10 km038
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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.