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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Bariloche or Dublin?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Dublin for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Dublin’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 and Dublin are level on 27.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Dublin 50: Dublin leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Dublin 64: Dublin leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Dublin 62: Dublin leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Dublin 70: Bariloche leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Dublin 72: Dublin leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Dublin 57: Dublin leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Dublin 66: Dublin leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Dublin 54: Dublin leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Dublin 20: Bariloche leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Dublin 65: Dublin leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 40, Dublin 25: Bariloche leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Dublin.

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.

Dublin
Best match
53match

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

Dublin in July

20 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
17 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). Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheDublin
Official languageSpanishEnglish, Irish
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911112
Elevation794 m20 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheDublin
City population136,381592,713
People per km²6195,154
Museums within 10 km340
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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. 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.