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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
Bryggen across Vågen, Bergen
BergenBryggen across Vågen

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Bergen by Abdullah Guc, Pexels License.

Bariloche or Bergen?

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

  • prices
  • wellness
  • beaches

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

Choose Bergen for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Bergen’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, Bergen 20: Bariloche leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Bergen 47: Bergen leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Bergen 55: Bergen leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Bergen 40: Bergen leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Bergen 88: Bariloche leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Bariloche and Bergen are level on 38.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Bergen 60: Bergen leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Bergen 74: Bergen leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche and Bergen are level on 33.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Bergen 12: Bariloche leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Bergen 58: Bergen leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 40, Bergen 32: Bariloche leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Bergen.

Your match

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

Bariloche
42match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Bergen
Best match
46match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

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

Bergen in July

20 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 °Csea
18 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. Bariloche: 1991-2020 normals, Bariloche Aerodrome (11.2 km from centre). Bergen: 1991-2020 normals, Bergen / Florida (1.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheBergen
Official languageSpanishNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation794 m5 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsBergen Airport, Flesland (BGO)12 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheBergen
City population136,381291,189
People per km²6193,339
Museums within 10 km331
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.