vs
AR flag
Rosario

Argentina

Climate

Puerto Iguazú logs 141 hot days a year to Rosario's 67 — Rosario wins by 74. Puerto Iguazú also leads on frost days by 6.

Puerto IguazúRosario
Sunny days
250276
Hot days
14167
Frost days
06
Rainy days
11662
Outdoor dinner months
12/127/12
Avg wind
2.4 m/s3.0 m/s
Sunshine hours
2,8563,024
Darkest month sun
168 hrs/mo166 hrs/mo
UV peak month
11.511.9

Puerto Iguazú

Feels-like °C

32
31
30
25
21
18
18
20
25
27
30
33

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Rosario

Feels-like °C

30
29
27
20
13
12
10
13
16
20
26
27

Dinner outside

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Air Quality

Puerto Iguazú averages 12 µg/m³ (moderate) PM2.5 annually versus Rosario's 12.6 µg/m³ (moderate) — Puerto Iguazú breathes ~5% cleaner air (0.6 µg/m³ lower).

Puerto Iguazú

Rosario

12.0µg/m³
12.6µg/m³

PM2.5 annual average

Moderate
Moderate

WHO classification

City Scale

Both maps at the same real-world scale — 1 cm on either map is the same distance.

Puerto Iguazú (55K) and Rosario (1.2M) are 22x in population — Rosario is the larger metro, Puerto Iguazú the smaller; on land area Rosario spans roughly 17x more ground.

19x

Rosario is roughly 19x the scale of Puerto Iguazú

Combined population & area comparison

AR flagRosario
19x
AR flagPuerto Iguazú
1x

City Scale Rankings

Population
1.AR flagRosario1.2M22x
2.AR flagPuerto Iguazú55K1x
Area
1.AR flagRosario199 km²17x
2.AR flagPuerto Iguazú12 km²1x
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4.0 km4.7 km

AR flagPuerto Iguazú

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17 km27 km

AR flagRosario

Who Thrives Here

Both cities work well for the winter escapist.

Thrives in both
Puerto IguazúRosario

Frequently asked about Puerto Iguazú vs Rosario

How does the climate compare between Puerto Iguazú and Rosario?
Sunny days: 250 vs 276 d — Rosario higher Annual sunshine: 2,856 vs 3,024 hrs — Rosario higher Winter sunshine: 168 vs 166 hrs/day — Similar Hot days (>30°C): 141 vs 67 d — Rosario lower Frost days: 0 vs 6 d — Puerto Iguazú lower Rainy days: 116 vs 62 d — Rosario lower
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