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Barlas Island in Honda Bay, Puerto Princesa
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Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains

Photos: Puerto Princesa by Ray in Manila, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.

Puerto Princesa or Ushuaia?

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 Princesa for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Ushuaia for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Ushuaia’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 Princesa 58, Ushuaia 3: Puerto Princesa leads by 55 points.
Food & drink. Puerto Princesa 38, Ushuaia 40: Ushuaia leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Puerto Princesa and Ushuaia are level on 22.
Nightlife. Puerto Princesa 26, Ushuaia 18: Puerto Princesa leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Puerto Princesa 80, Ushuaia 88: Ushuaia leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Puerto Princesa 12, Ushuaia 14: Ushuaia leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Puerto Princesa 45, Ushuaia 40: Puerto Princesa leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Puerto Princesa 30, Ushuaia 45: Ushuaia leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Puerto Princesa 20, Ushuaia 22: Ushuaia leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Puerto Princesa 78, Ushuaia 42: Puerto Princesa leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Puerto Princesa and Ushuaia are level on 10.
Wellness & relaxation. Puerto Princesa 40, Ushuaia 26: Puerto Princesa leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Puerto Princesa and Ushuaia.

Your match

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

Puerto Princesa
Best match
38match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Ushuaia
31match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Puerto Princesa in July

29 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
216 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Ushuaia in July

4 °Cdaytime high
0 °Cnight-time low
36 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
No seasea
8 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Puerto Princesa 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 Princesa: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePuerto PrincesaUshuaia
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishSpanish
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-3
Emergency number911117 or 911
Elevation98 m23 m
Main airportPuerto Princesa International Airport / PAF Antonio Bautista Air Base (PPS)2 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasurePuerto PrincesaUshuaia
City population316,38482,615
People per km²1333,592
Museums within 10 km15
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.