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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0.

Bariloche or Florianopolis?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Florianopolis for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Florianopolis’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, Florianopolis 85: Florianopolis leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Florianopolis 58: Florianopolis leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Florianopolis 33: Florianopolis leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Florianopolis 60: Florianopolis leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Florianopolis 78: Bariloche leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Florianopolis 50: Florianopolis leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Florianopolis 60: Florianopolis leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Florianopolis 28: Bariloche leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche and Florianopolis are level on 33.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Florianopolis 60: Florianopolis leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Florianopolis 28: Florianopolis leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 40, Florianopolis 45: Florianopolis leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Florianopolis.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Florianopolis
Best match
52match

Wins on beaches and nightlife 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

Florianopolis in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
11 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). Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheFlorianopolis
Official languageSpanishPortuguese
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-3
Emergency number117 or 911Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation794 m3 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheFlorianopolis
City population136,381587,486
People per km²619870
Museums within 10 km311
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.