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The Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70
Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains

Photos: Seattle by Caio, Pexels License; Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.

Seattle 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 Seattle for

  • live music and the arts
  • day trips
  • nightlife

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

Choose Ushuaia for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Seattle 30, Ushuaia 3: Seattle leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Seattle 66, Ushuaia 40: Seattle leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Seattle 50, Ushuaia 22: Seattle leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Seattle 55, Ushuaia 18: Seattle leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Seattle 87, Ushuaia 88: Ushuaia leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Seattle 55, Ushuaia 14: Seattle leads by 41 points.
Good for families. Seattle 64, Ushuaia 40: Seattle leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Seattle 60, Ushuaia 45: Seattle leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Seattle 52, Ushuaia 22: Seattle leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Seattle 22, Ushuaia 42: Ushuaia leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Seattle 70, Ushuaia 10: Seattle leads by 60 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Seattle 40, Ushuaia 26: Seattle leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Seattle and Ushuaia.

Your match

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

Seattle
Best match
54match

Wins on live music and the arts and day trips with your weighting.

Ushuaia
31match

Wins on prices 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.

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 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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SeattleUshuaia

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre). Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSeattleUshuaia
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number911117 or 911
Elevation40 m23 m
Main airportSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinationsUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureSeattleUshuaia
City population737,01582,615
People per km²1,9963,592
Museums within 10 km275
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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. 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. 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.