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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
Cocoa Beach Pier behind yellow parasols, Cocoa Beach
Cocoa BeachCocoa Beach Pier behind yellow parasols

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Cocoa Beach by Benoît Prieur, CC0.

Bariloche or Cocoa Beach?

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
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Cocoa Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Cocoa Beach’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, Cocoa Beach 80: Cocoa Beach leads by 53 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Cocoa Beach 32: Bariloche leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Cocoa Beach 12: Bariloche leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Cocoa Beach 27: Bariloche leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Cocoa Beach 62: Bariloche leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Cocoa Beach 52: Cocoa Beach leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Cocoa Beach 72: Cocoa Beach leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Cocoa Beach 22: Bariloche leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Cocoa Beach 20: Bariloche leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Cocoa Beach 40: Bariloche leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Cocoa Beach 14: Bariloche leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 40, Cocoa Beach 30: Bariloche leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Cocoa Beach.

Your match

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

Bariloche
Best match
42match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Cocoa Beach
39match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Cocoa Beach in July

30 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
147 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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BarilocheCocoa Beach

Where the figures come from

Cocoa Beach 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bariloche: 1991-2020 normals, Bariloche Aerodrome (11.2 km from centre). Cocoa Beach: 1961-1990 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Cocoa / Patrick Air Force Base (11.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheCocoa Beach
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 m0 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsOrlando International Airport (MCO)68 km from centre170 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheCocoa Beach
City population136,38111,354
People per km²619290
Museums within 10 km33
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-11 months

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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.