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Galena Street with the runs of Aspen Mountain, Aspen
AspenGalena Street with the runs of Aspen Mountain
The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower

Photos: Aspen by Moroder, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Aspen 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 Aspen for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

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

Choose Bariloche for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • day trips

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. Aspen 6, Bariloche 27: Bariloche leads by 21 points.
Food & drink. Aspen 45, Bariloche 44: Aspen leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Aspen 22, Bariloche 27: Bariloche leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Aspen 40, Bariloche 33: Aspen leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aspen 95, Bariloche 94: Aspen leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Aspen 30, Bariloche 38: Bariloche leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Aspen and Bariloche are level on 55.
Getting around. Aspen 72, Bariloche 44: Aspen leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Aspen 50, Bariloche 33: Aspen leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Aspen 5, Bariloche 46: Bariloche leads by 41 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aspen 50, Bariloche 27: Aspen leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aspen 50, Bariloche 40: Aspen leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aspen and Bariloche.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Aspen
43match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Bariloche
42match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Aspen in July

27 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
33 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Bariloche in July

8 °Cdaytime high
-1 °Cnight-time low
132 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
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

Aspen has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Aspen: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Aspen / Woody Creek (5.2 km from centre). Bariloche: 1991-2020 normals, Bariloche Aerodrome (11.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAspenBariloche
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number911117 or 911
Elevation2,405 m794 m
Main airportAspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) (ASE)5 km from centre11 non-stop destinationsTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAspenBariloche
City population7,004136,381
People per km²700619
Museums within 10 km23
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

Where else could you go?

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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). 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. 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.