page_title: Foz do Iguaçu
section_title: Climate
hierarchical_section_title: Foz do Iguaçu / Geography / Climate
caption_attribution_description: The great thing about the Brazilian side of Iguazu is that there are no limits on taking pictures at any time of day....(unlike the Argentinian side). So I went out at sunset to watch the colours appear. A truly stunning sight and a waterfall like no other I have seen. Simply magic!! Many people have been debating on Reddit.com how this picture was taken and apologize for not posting this information before. Life gets pretty busy. But here you are: - Canon 30D - Fisheye 15mm Lens - Slik Tripod and Cable release - I took three exposures at f/13 (1/4 sec, 1.3 sec, 4 sec) - I used Photomatix Pro to combine the three pics into an HDR pic. (I use some of the Trey Ratcliff tips....http://www.stuckincustoms.com/. I like his work a lot!) - Saved as a JPG and brought back into Lightroom - Auto tone and a little sharpening. - Thats it! Only 4 people were there. My wife, myself and two other Brazilians. And my wife and I think this final result is a pretty accurate reflection of the scene....ohh except for the whispy falls...it don't look like that through your eye&#160;;). I could have probably yielded similar results with a graduated density filter, but I don't have one for my fish eye...doh! Español: Cataratas del Iguazú, en la Provincia de Misiones (Argentina). English: Iguazu Falls, in Misiones (Argentina). Deutsch: Iguazú-Wasserfälle, in der Provinz Misiones (Argentinien). Français&#160;: Chutes d'Iguazú, dans la Province de Misiones (Argentine). Português: Cataratas do Iguaçu, em Província de Misiones (Argentina).
context_page_description: Foz do Iguaçu is the Brazilian city on the border of Iguaçu Falls. The city is the 7th largest in the state of Paraná. The city's population is approximately 258,000. It is approximately 650 km west of the capital of the state, Curitiba, being the westernmost city in that state.
  The inhabitants of the city are known as iguaçuenses. The Iguaçu Falls located on the border of Argentina and Brazil and consisting of approximately 257 individual waterfalls over 2.7 km were chosen as one of the "New Natural Seven Wonders of the World."
  The city is characterized by tourism and cultural diversity. There are about 80 nationalities, being the most representative from Italy, Portugal, Lebanon, China, Paraguay and Argentina. Foz do Iguaçu is integrated into a tri-national region, bordering the Argentine city of Puerto Iguazú and the Paraguayan city of Ciudad del Este. The city's economy is based on tourism, with emphasis on trade and services.
  According to research conducted by the Brazilian Tourist Institute and the Foundation Institute of Economic Research in 2006, 2007 and 2008, Foz do Iguaçu was the 2nd most visited leisure destination by foreign tourists after Rio de Janeiro.
context_section_description: The climate of Foz do Iguaçu is humid subtropical, with two distinctive seasons; one humid and hot in the summer and another, dry and cold, in the winter. The city's annual average temperature is 23.8 °C (74.8 °F), but can be as high as 40 °C (104 °F) in the summer (highest) or as low as -5 °C (23 °F) in the winter (lowest). The average in the summer is 26.5 °C (79.7 °F)and in the winter 15.4 °C (59.6 °F).
  The climate of the city is generally hot or warm throughout the year, due to the relatively low altitude (standing only 173 m, 567 ft (173 m), above sea level).
  Generally, the city is sunny during the year, but rain is fairly common during the spring and in the summer. The weather of the city, however, changes very constantly, because the region where the city stands is the zone where frequently three fronts meet. As consequence, it is not uncommon to see temperatures as high as 35 °C (95 °F) and in the summer as low as 8 °C (46 °F) in the city and frequent thunderstorms.
caption: Foz do Iguaçu National Park.
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