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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Granada by Jebulon, CC0.

Bariloche or Granada?

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
  • families

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

Choose Granada for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Granada’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, Granada 38: Granada leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Granada 62: Granada leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Granada 80: Granada leads by 53 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Granada 58: Granada leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Granada 80: Bariloche leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Granada 76: Granada leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Granada 52: Bariloche leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Granada 68: Granada leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Granada 40: Granada leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Granada 63: Granada leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Granada 58: Granada leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 40, Granada 48: Granada leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Granada.

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 families with your weighting.

Granada
Best match
60match

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
10 hdaylight a day

Granada in July

35 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BarilocheGranada

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bariloche: 1991-2020 normals, Bariloche Aerodrome (11.2 km from centre). Granada: 1991-2020 normals, Granada / Caserío Hospicio (5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheGranada
Official languageSpanishSpanish
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911112
Elevation794 m693 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheGranada
City population136,381233,975
People per km²6192,659
Museums within 10 km320
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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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. 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.