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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
The pastel houses of Rainbow Row, Charleston
CharlestonThe pastel houses of Rainbow Row

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Charleston by NealVickers, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bariloche or Charleston?

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

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

Choose Charleston for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Charleston’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, Charleston 72: Charleston leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Charleston 72: Charleston leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Charleston 64: Charleston leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Charleston 44: Charleston leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Charleston 55: Bariloche leads by 39 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Charleston 62: Charleston leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Charleston 60: Charleston leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Charleston 46: Charleston leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Charleston 55: Charleston leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Charleston 27: Bariloche leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Charleston 42: Charleston leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche and Charleston are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Charleston.

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.

Charleston
Best match
53match

Wins on beaches 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

Charleston in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
167 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BarilocheCharleston

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bariloche: 1991-2020 normals, Bariloche Aerodrome (11.2 km from centre). Charleston: 1991-2020 normals, Charleston Airport (16.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheCharleston
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911911
Elevation794 m6 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsCharleston International Airport (CHS)16 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheCharleston
City population136,381150,227
People per km²619532
Museums within 10 km319
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 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. 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.