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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
The fountain in Piazza De Ferrari, Genoa
GenoaThe fountain in Piazza De Ferrari

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Genoa by Faber1893, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bariloche or Genoa?

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

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

Choose Genoa for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Genoa’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, Genoa 62: Genoa leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Genoa 72: Genoa leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Genoa 76: Genoa leads by 49 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Genoa 42: Genoa leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Genoa 78: Bariloche leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Genoa 83: Genoa leads by 45 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Genoa 64: Genoa leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Genoa 66: Genoa leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Genoa 48: Genoa leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Genoa 55: Genoa leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Genoa 52: Genoa leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 40, Genoa 35: Bariloche leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Genoa.

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.

Genoa
Best match
61match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Genoa in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Genoa 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.

Genoa's sunshine is measured 80 km from the centre, at Capo Mele.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bariloche: 1991-2020 normals, Bariloche Aerodrome (11.2 km from centre). Genoa: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (6.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheGenoa
Official languageSpanishItalian
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911112
Elevation794 m20 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)7 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheGenoa
City population136,381558,745
People per km²6192,325
Museums within 10 km351
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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. 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.