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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
Tempio Voltiano on the lakeshore, Como
ComoTempio Voltiano on the lakeshore

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Como by Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bariloche or Como?

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

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

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

Choose Como for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Como’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, Como 36: Como leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Como 45: Como leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Como 52: Como leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Como 22: Bariloche leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Como 82: Bariloche leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Como 87: Como leads by 49 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Como 47: Bariloche leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Como 66: Como leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Como 42: Como leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Como 30: Bariloche leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Como 34: Como leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 40, Como 44: Como leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Como.

Your match

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

Bariloche
42match

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

Como
Best match
49match

Wins on day trips 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
10 hdaylight a day

Como in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
158 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
15 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). Como: 1991-2020 normals, Lugano (23 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheComo
Official languageSpanishItalian
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911112
Elevation794 m201 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsMilan Malpensa International Airport (MXP)34 km from centre208 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheComo
City population136,38183,184
People per km²6192,242
Museums within 10 km311
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km08

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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.