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Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Ushuaia or Wellington?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Wellington for

  • live music and the arts
  • beaches
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Wellington leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Ushuaia 40, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Ushuaia 22, Wellington 44: Wellington leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Ushuaia 18, Wellington 45: Wellington leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ushuaia 88, Wellington 78: Ushuaia leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Ushuaia 14, Wellington 40: Wellington leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Ushuaia 40, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Ushuaia 45, Wellington 68: Wellington leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Ushuaia 22, Wellington 42: Wellington leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Ushuaia 42, Wellington 33: Ushuaia leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ushuaia 10, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ushuaia 26, Wellington 30: Wellington leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ushuaia and Wellington.

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 prices with your weighting.

Wellington
Best match
49match

Wins on live music and the arts and beaches 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
No seasea
8 hdaylight a day

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureUshuaiaWellington
Official languageSpanishEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911111
Elevation23 m0 m
Main airportUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureUshuaiaWellington
City population82,615216,200
People per km²3,592487
Museums within 10 km512
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.