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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Bariloche or Hiroshima?

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

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

Choose Hiroshima for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Hiroshima’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, Hiroshima 30: Hiroshima leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Hiroshima 66: Hiroshima leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Hiroshima 60: Hiroshima leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Hiroshima 45: Hiroshima leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Hiroshima 62: Bariloche leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Hiroshima 80: Hiroshima leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Hiroshima 60: Hiroshima leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Hiroshima 74: Hiroshima leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Hiroshima 52: Hiroshima leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Hiroshima 58: Hiroshima leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Hiroshima 38: Hiroshima leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 40, Hiroshima 50: Hiroshima leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Hiroshima.

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 with your weighting.

Hiroshima
Best match
56match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights 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

Hiroshima in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
299 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bariloche: 1991-2020 normals, Bariloche Aerodrome (11.2 km from centre). Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheHiroshima
Official languageSpanishJapanese
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+9
Emergency number117 or 911Police 110, fire 119
Elevation794 m3 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheHiroshima
City population136,3811,198,021
People per km²6191,324
Museums within 10 km318
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.