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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
San Petronio on Piazza Maggiore, Bologna
BolognaSan Petronio on Piazza Maggiore

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Bologna by Vanni Lazzari, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bariloche or Bologna?

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
  • families

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

Choose Bologna for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Bologna’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, Bologna 30: Bologna leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Bologna 82: Bologna leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Bologna 77: Bologna leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Bologna 58: Bologna leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Bologna 52: Bariloche leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Bologna 95: Bologna leads by 57 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Bologna 50: Bariloche leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Bologna 76: Bologna leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Bologna 55: Bologna leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Bologna 48: Bologna leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Bologna 60: Bologna leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche and Bologna are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Bologna.

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 families with your weighting.

Bologna
Best match
60match

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
10 hdaylight a day

Bologna in July

32 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
39 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Bologna 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.

Bologna's sunshine is measured 82 km from the centre, at Cervia.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bariloche: 1991-2020 normals, Bariloche Aerodrome (11.2 km from centre). Bologna: 1991-2020 normals, Bologna / Borgo Panigale (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheBologna
Official languageSpanishItalian
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911112
Elevation794 m54 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsBologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)6 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheBologna
City population136,381387,971
People per km²6192,754
Museums within 10 km368
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03

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