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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
The Mezquita and the Roman bridge, Cordoba
CordobaThe Mezquita and the Roman bridge

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Cordoba by Jose María Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bariloche or Cordoba?

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
  • families
  • beaches

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

Choose Cordoba for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Cordoba’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, Cordoba 14: Bariloche leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Cordoba 62: Cordoba leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Cordoba 81: Cordoba leads by 54 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Cordoba 40: Cordoba leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Cordoba 45: Bariloche leads by 49 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Cordoba 86: Cordoba leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Cordoba 40: Bariloche leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Cordoba 68: Cordoba leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Cordoba 38: Cordoba leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Cordoba 63: Cordoba leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Cordoba 47: Cordoba leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche and Cordoba are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Cordoba.

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 families with your weighting.

Cordoba
Best match
52match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Cordoba in July

37 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BarilocheCordoba

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bariloche: 1991-2020 normals, Bariloche Aerodrome (11.2 km from centre). Cordoba: 1991-2020 normals, Cordoba / Aeropuerto (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheCordoba
Official languageSpanishSpanish
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911112
Elevation794 m120 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsCórdoba Airport (ODB)8 km from centre3 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheCordoba
City population136,381323,262
People per km²619258
Museums within 10 km316
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02

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.