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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
Cloud Gate in Millennium Park, Chicago
ChicagoCloud Gate in Millennium Park

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Chicago by Jesus Toledo, Pexels License.

Bariloche or Chicago?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Chicago for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Chicago’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, Chicago 50: Chicago leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Chicago 80: Chicago leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Chicago 78: Chicago leads by 51 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Chicago 77: Chicago leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Chicago 48: Bariloche leads by 46 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Chicago 42: Chicago leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Chicago 78: Chicago leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Chicago 72: Chicago leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Chicago 70: Chicago leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Chicago 33: Bariloche leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Chicago 82: Chicago leads by 55 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 40, Chicago 33: Bariloche leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Chicago.

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.

Chicago
Best match
62match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Chicago in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
102 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BarilocheChicago

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bariloche: 1991-2020 normals, Bariloche Aerodrome (11.2 km from centre). Chicago: 1991-2020 normals, Chicago Midway Airport (14.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheChicago
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911911
Elevation794 m179 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsChicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)25 km from centre274 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheChicago
City population136,3812,746,388
People per km²6194,529
Museums within 10 km344
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-1 month

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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.