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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
The Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
GenevaThe Jet d'Eau and a lake boat

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Geneva by Diviosen, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Bariloche or Geneva?

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

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

Choose Geneva for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Geneva’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, Geneva 45: Geneva leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Geneva 55: Geneva leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Geneva 58: Geneva leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Geneva 38: Geneva leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Geneva 82: Bariloche leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Geneva 80: Geneva leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Geneva 57: Geneva leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Geneva 86: Geneva leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Geneva 68: Geneva leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Geneva 5: Bariloche leads by 41 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Geneva 60: Geneva leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 40, Geneva 55: Geneva leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Geneva.

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.

Geneva
Best match
57match

Wins on day trips and getting around 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
10 hdaylight a day

Geneva in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BarilocheGeneva

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bariloche: 1991-2020 normals, Bariloche Aerodrome (11.2 km from centre). Geneva: 1991-2020 normals, Geneve-Cointrin (5.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheGeneva
Official languageSpanishFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911112
Elevation794 m403 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre150 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheGeneva
City population136,381211,152
People per km²61913,280
Museums within 10 km334
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02

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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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.