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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Alicante 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 Alicante for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • nightlife

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

Choose Bariloche for

  • nature and the outdoors

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. Alicante 82, Bariloche 27: Alicante leads by 55 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Bariloche 44: Alicante leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Bariloche 27: Alicante leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Bariloche 33: Alicante leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Bariloche 94: Bariloche leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Bariloche 38: Alicante leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Bariloche 55: Alicante leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Bariloche 44: Alicante leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Bariloche 33: Alicante leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Bariloche 46: Alicante leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Bariloche 27: Alicante leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante and Bariloche are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Bariloche.

Your match

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

Alicante
Best match
59match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Bariloche
42match

Wins on nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Alicante in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Bariloche: 1991-2020 normals, Bariloche Aerodrome (11.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteBariloche
Official languageSpanishSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112117 or 911
Elevation3 m794 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteBariloche
City population366,221136,381
People per km²1,819619
Museums within 10 km83
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.