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Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains
Victoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter, Victoria Falls
Victoria FallsVictoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter

Photos: Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License; Victoria Falls by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Ushuaia or Victoria Falls?

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

  • food and drink
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

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

Choose Victoria Falls for

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria Falls’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, Victoria Falls 7: Victoria Falls leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Ushuaia 40, Victoria Falls 24: Ushuaia leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Ushuaia 22, Victoria Falls 12: Ushuaia leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Ushuaia 18, Victoria Falls 8: Ushuaia leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ushuaia 88, Victoria Falls 94: Victoria Falls leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Ushuaia 14, Victoria Falls 22: Victoria Falls leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Ushuaia 40, Victoria Falls 38: Ushuaia leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Ushuaia and Victoria Falls are level on 45.
Shopping & style. Ushuaia 22, Victoria Falls 18: Ushuaia leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Ushuaia 42, Victoria Falls 32: Ushuaia leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ushuaia and Victoria Falls are level on 10.
Wellness & relaxation. Ushuaia 26, Victoria Falls 34: Victoria Falls leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ushuaia and Victoria Falls.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Ushuaia
31match

Wins on food and drink and culture and sights with your weighting.

Victoria Falls
29match

Wins on day trips and wellness 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

Victoria Falls in July

26 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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UshuaiaVictoria Falls

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre). Victoria Falls: 1991-2020 normals, Livingstone (13.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureUshuaiaVictoria Falls
Official languageSpanishEnglish, Xhosa, Ndau, Venda, Chewa, Khoisan, Kalanga, Shona, Tonga, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Northern Ndebele, Nambya, Zimbabwe Sign Language, Barwe
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Zimbabwe Gold (ZWG)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+2
Emergency number117 or 911999
Elevation23 m961 m
Main airportUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsVictoria Falls International Airport (VFA)18 km from centre12 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureUshuaiaVictoria Falls
City population82,61533,060
People per km²3,592-
Museums within 10 km52
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.