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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bariloche or Chengdu?

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
  • beaches

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

Choose Chengdu for

  • food and drink
  • day trips
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Chengdu’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, Chengdu 5: Bariloche leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Chengdu 86: Chengdu leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Chengdu 60: Chengdu leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Chengdu 68: Chengdu leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Chengdu 68: Bariloche leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Chengdu 80: Chengdu leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Chengdu 65: Chengdu leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Chengdu 74: Chengdu leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Chengdu 64: Chengdu leads by 31 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Chengdu 80: Chengdu leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Chengdu 50: Chengdu leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 40, Chengdu 58: Chengdu leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Chengdu.

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 beaches with your weighting.

Chengdu
Best match
63match

Wins on food and drink and day trips 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

Chengdu in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
177 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
14 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). Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheChengdu
Official languageSpanishPutonghua
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+8
Emergency number117 or 911Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation794 m500 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheChengdu
City population136,38120,937,757
People per km²6191,456
Museums within 10 km310
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). 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.