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Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains
Minato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock, Yokohama
YokohamaMinato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock

Photos: Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License; Yokohama by Yoshio Kohara, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Ushuaia or Yokohama?

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

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

Choose Yokohama for

  • day trips
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Yokohama’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, Yokohama 46: Yokohama leads by 43 points.
Food & drink. Ushuaia 40, Yokohama 72: Yokohama leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Ushuaia 22, Yokohama 55: Yokohama leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Ushuaia 18, Yokohama 44: Yokohama leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ushuaia 88, Yokohama 66: Ushuaia leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Ushuaia 14, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 72 points.
Good for families. Ushuaia 40, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 46 points.
Getting around. Ushuaia 45, Yokohama 87: Yokohama leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Ushuaia 22, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Ushuaia 42, Yokohama 55: Yokohama leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ushuaia 10, Yokohama 56: Yokohama leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ushuaia 26, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 34 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ushuaia and Yokohama.

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 with your weighting.

Yokohama
Best match
64match

Wins on day trips and families 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

Yokohama in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
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

Yokohama's sunshine is measured 29 km from the centre, at Tokyo.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre). Yokohama: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Yokohama (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureUshuaiaYokohama
Official languageSpanishJapanese
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+9
Emergency number117 or 911Police 110, fire 119
Elevation23 m24 m
Main airportUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureUshuaiaYokohama
City population82,6153,757,630
People per km²3,5928,585
Museums within 10 km538
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

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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.