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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
Pulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon, Bath
BathPulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Bath by Lucas Carlini, Pexels License.

Bariloche or Bath?

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 Bariloche for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • beaches

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

Choose Bath for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Bath’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. Bariloche 27, Bath 10: Bariloche leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche and Bath are level on 44.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Bath 68: Bath leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Bath 30: Bariloche leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Bath 58: Bariloche leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Bath 80: Bath leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Bath 50: Bariloche leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Bath 72: Bath leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Bath 54: Bath leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Bath 27: Bariloche leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Bath 44: Bath leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 40, Bath 78: Bath leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Bath.

Your match

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

Bariloche
42match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices with your weighting.

Bath
Best match
51match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Bath in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Bath's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Lyneham.

Bath 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. Bariloche: 1991-2020 normals, Bariloche Aerodrome (11.2 km from centre). Bath: 1991-2020 normals, Lyneham (29.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheBath
Official languageSpanishEnglish
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911112 or 999
Elevation794 m132 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsBristol Airport (BRS)25 km from centre117 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheBath
City population136,38194,092
People per km²6193,245
Museums within 10 km317
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.