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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
Wat Chiang Man in the old city, Chiang Mai
Chiang MaiWat Chiang Man in the old city

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Chiang Mai by Gije Cho, Pexels License.

Bariloche or Chiang Mai?

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

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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

Choose Chiang Mai for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Chiang Mai’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, Chiang Mai 6: Bariloche leads by 21 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Chiang Mai 78: Chiang Mai leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Chiang Mai 65: Chiang Mai leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Chiang Mai 45: Chiang Mai leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Chiang Mai 73: Bariloche leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Chiang Mai 48: Chiang Mai leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Bariloche and Chiang Mai are level on 55.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Chiang Mai 38: Bariloche leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Chiang Mai 62: Chiang Mai leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Chiang Mai 90: Chiang Mai leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Chiang Mai 30: Chiang Mai leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 40, Chiang Mai 82: Chiang Mai leads by 42 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Chiang Mai.

Your match

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

Bariloche
42match

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

Chiang Mai
Best match
56match

Wins on prices and wellness 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

Chiang Mai in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BarilocheChiang Mai

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bariloche: 1991-2020 normals, Bariloche Aerodrome (11.2 km from centre). Chiang Mai: 1991-2020 normals, Chiang Mai (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheChiang Mai
Official languageSpanishThai
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Baht (THB)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzABCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+7
Emergency number117 or 911Police 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199
Elevation794 m310 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsChiang Mai International Airport (CNX)3 km from centre28 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheChiang Mai
City population136,3811,198,000
People per km²6192,958
Museums within 10 km36
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.