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A palm-lined beach on Akumal Bay, Akumal
AkumalA palm-lined beach on Akumal Bay
The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower

Photos: Akumal by Alfonzo Buscemi, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Akumal or Bariloche?

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 Akumal for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • families

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

Choose Bariloche for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Bariloche’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. Akumal 88, Bariloche 27: Akumal leads by 61 points.
Food & drink. Akumal 28, Bariloche 44: Bariloche leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Akumal 6, Bariloche 27: Bariloche leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Akumal 7, Bariloche 33: Bariloche leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Akumal 77, Bariloche 94: Bariloche leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Akumal 68, Bariloche 38: Akumal leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Akumal 70, Bariloche 55: Akumal leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Akumal 18, Bariloche 44: Bariloche leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Akumal 7, Bariloche 33: Bariloche leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Akumal 36, Bariloche 46: Bariloche leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Akumal 4, Bariloche 27: Bariloche leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Akumal 55, Bariloche 40: Akumal leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Akumal and Bariloche.

Your match

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

Akumal
39match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Bariloche
Best match
42match

Wins on nightlife and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Akumal in July

30 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Bariloche in July

8 °Cdaytime high
-1 °Cnight-time low
132 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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

Akumal has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Akumal: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Bariloche: 1991-2020 normals, Bariloche Aerodrome (11.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAkumalBariloche
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaSpanish
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-3
Emergency number911117 or 911
Elevation11 m794 m
Main airportCancún International Airport (CUN)85 km from centre135 non-stop destinationsTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAkumalBariloche
City population2,154136,381
People per km²-619
Museums within 10 km03
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.