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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
The twin towers of the cathedral over Plaza de Armas, Guadalajara
GuadalajaraThe twin towers of the cathedral over Plaza de Armas

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Guadalajara by Ponchomx, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Bariloche or Guadalajara?

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
  • beaches
  • wellness

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

Choose Guadalajara for

  • culture and sights
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Guadalajara’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, Guadalajara 5: Bariloche leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Guadalajara 75: Guadalajara leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Guadalajara 62: Guadalajara leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Guadalajara 68: Guadalajara leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Guadalajara 55: Bariloche leads by 39 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Guadalajara 66: Guadalajara leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Bariloche and Guadalajara are level on 55.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Guadalajara 40: Bariloche leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Guadalajara 60: Guadalajara leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Guadalajara 78: Guadalajara leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Guadalajara 60: Guadalajara leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 40, Guadalajara 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 Guadalajara.

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 beaches with your weighting.

Guadalajara
Best match
55match

Wins on culture and sights and nightlife 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

Guadalajara in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
205 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Guadalajara has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bariloche: 1991-2020 normals, Bariloche Aerodrome (11.2 km from centre). Guadalajara: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheGuadalajara
Official languageSpanishSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-6
Emergency number117 or 911911
Elevation794 m1,536 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsGuadalajara International Airport (GDL)17 km from centre70 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheGuadalajara
City population136,3811,385,621
People per km²6199,556
Museums within 10 km317
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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.