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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
The Plaza de Armas with the cathedral and La Compañía, Cusco
CuscoThe Plaza de Armas with the cathedral and La Compañía

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Cusco by Pedro Szekely, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Bariloche or Cusco?

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

  • families
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Cusco for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Cusco’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, Cusco 3: Bariloche leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Cusco 56: Cusco leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Cusco 81: Cusco leads by 54 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Cusco 42: Cusco leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Cusco 86: Bariloche leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Cusco 78: Cusco leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Cusco 10: Bariloche leads by 45 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Cusco 48: Cusco leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Cusco 52: Cusco leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Cusco 73: Cusco leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Cusco 30: Cusco leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 40, Cusco 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 Cusco.

Your match

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

Bariloche
42match

Wins on families and beaches with your weighting.

Cusco
Best match
49match

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

Cusco in July

20 °Cdaytime high
1 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Cusco's station stands 151 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bariloche: 1991-2020 normals, Bariloche Aerodrome (11.2 km from centre). Cusco: 1991-2020 normals, Cuzco (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheCusco
Official languageSpanishSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Sol (PEN)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-5
Emergency number117 or 911111 or 911
Elevation794 m3,399 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsAlejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ)5 km from centre6 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheCusco
City population136,381428,450
People per km²619-
Museums within 10 km311
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. 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.