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Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains
Rowing boats below the ghats in the morning light, Varanasi
VaranasiRowing boats below the ghats in the morning light

Photos: Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License; Varanasi by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Ushuaia or Varanasi?

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 Ushuaia for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • getting around

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

Choose Varanasi for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Varanasi’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. Ushuaia 3, Varanasi 4: Varanasi leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Ushuaia 40, Varanasi 55: Varanasi leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Ushuaia 22, Varanasi 80: Varanasi leads by 58 points.
Nightlife. Ushuaia 18, Varanasi 10: Ushuaia leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ushuaia 88, Varanasi 18: Ushuaia leads by 70 points.
Day trips. Ushuaia 14, Varanasi 42: Varanasi leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Ushuaia 40, Varanasi 5: Ushuaia leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Ushuaia 45, Varanasi 28: Ushuaia leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Ushuaia 22, Varanasi 55: Varanasi leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Ushuaia 42, Varanasi 92: Varanasi leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ushuaia 10, Varanasi 58: Varanasi leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ushuaia 26, Varanasi 30: Varanasi leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ushuaia and Varanasi.

Your match

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

Ushuaia
31match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families with your weighting.

Varanasi
Best match
40match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Ushuaia in July

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

Varanasi in July

35 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
249 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
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

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

Before you go

MeasureUshuaiaVaranasi
Official languageSpanishHindi, English
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+5:30
Emergency number117 or 911108 or 112
Elevation23 m76 m
Main airportUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsLal Bahadur Shastri International Airport (VNS)21 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days-

By the numbers

MeasureUshuaiaVaranasi
City population82,6151,198,491
People per km²3,59214,598
Museums within 10 km52
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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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. 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.