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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
Galway Cathedral from the River Corrib, Galway
GalwayGalway Cathedral from the River Corrib

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Galway by Dieglop, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bariloche or Galway?

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
  • families

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

Choose Galway for

  • live music and the arts
  • day trips
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Galway’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, Galway 28: Galway leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Galway 45: Galway leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Galway 33: Galway leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Galway 50: Galway leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Galway 78: Bariloche leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Galway 56: Galway leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Galway 42: Bariloche leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Galway 58: Galway leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Galway 38: Galway leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Galway 28: Bariloche leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Galway 57: Galway leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 40, Galway 28: Bariloche leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Galway.

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.

Galway
Best match
45match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Galway in July

20 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Galway's temperatures are measured 64 km from the centre, at Shannon Airport.

Galway has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bariloche: 1991-2020 normals, Bariloche Aerodrome (11.2 km from centre). Galway: 1991-2020 normals, Shannon Airport (64.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheGalway
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 m25 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsShannon Airport (SNN)64 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheGalway
City population136,38183,456
People per km²6191,563
Museums within 10 km34
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.