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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bariloche or Fukuoka?

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

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

Choose Fukuoka for

  • day trips
  • food and drink
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Fukuoka’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, Fukuoka 50: Fukuoka leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Fukuoka 82: Fukuoka leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Fukuoka 50: Fukuoka leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Fukuoka 60: Fukuoka leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Fukuoka 62: Bariloche leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Fukuoka 84: Fukuoka leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Fukuoka 78: Fukuoka leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Fukuoka 82: Fukuoka leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Fukuoka 65: Fukuoka leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Fukuoka 58: Fukuoka leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Fukuoka 45: Fukuoka leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 40, Fukuoka 60: Fukuoka leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Fukuoka.

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 with your weighting.

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on day trips and food and drink 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

Fukuoka in July

31 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
301 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BarilocheFukuoka

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bariloche: 1991-2020 normals, Bariloche Aerodrome (11.2 km from centre). Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheFukuoka
Official languageSpanishJapanese
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+9
Emergency number117 or 911Police 110, fire 119
Elevation794 m8 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheFukuoka
City population136,3811,603,043
People per km²6194,715
Museums within 10 km323
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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.