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The red aerial tram nearing the top of Hidden Peak, Snowbird
SnowbirdThe red aerial tram nearing the top of Hidden Peak
Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains

Photos: Snowbird by VeggieGarden, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.

Snowbird 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 Snowbird for

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Ushuaia for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

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. Snowbird 5, Ushuaia 3: Snowbird leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Snowbird 20, Ushuaia 40: Ushuaia leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Snowbird 5, Ushuaia 22: Ushuaia leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Snowbird 9, Ushuaia 18: Ushuaia leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Snowbird 92, Ushuaia 88: Snowbird leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Snowbird 47, Ushuaia 14: Snowbird leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Snowbird 42, Ushuaia 40: Snowbird leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Snowbird 40, Ushuaia 45: Ushuaia leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Snowbird 8, Ushuaia 22: Ushuaia leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Snowbird 15, Ushuaia 42: Ushuaia leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Snowbird 8, Ushuaia 10: Ushuaia leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Snowbird 40, Ushuaia 26: Snowbird leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Snowbird and Ushuaia.

Your match

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

Snowbird
28match

Wins on day trips and wellness with your weighting.

Ushuaia
Best match
31match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Snowbird in July

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

Ushuaia in July

4 °Cdaytime high
0 °Cnight-time low
36 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
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

Snowbird 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. Snowbird: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km. Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSnowbirdUshuaia
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number911117 or 911
Elevation2,479 m23 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)36 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureSnowbirdUshuaia
City population-82,615
People per km²-3,592
Museums within 10 km05
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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. 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.