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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License.

Bariloche or Faro?

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
  • wellness
  • nightlife

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

Choose Faro for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Faro’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, Faro 74: Faro leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Faro 48: Faro leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Faro 35: Faro leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Faro 32: Bariloche leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Faro 62: Bariloche leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Faro 64: Faro leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Faro 60: Faro leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Faro 60: Faro leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Faro 35: Faro leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Faro 60: Faro leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Faro 30: Faro leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 40, Faro 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 Faro.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Faro
Best match
49match

Wins on beaches 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
No seasea
10 hdaylight a day

Faro in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
14 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). Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheFaro
Official languageSpanishPortuguese
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911112
Elevation794 m10 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheFaro
City population136,38164,560
People per km²619319
Museums within 10 km32
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 months

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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.