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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0.

Bariloche or Hobart?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Hobart for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Hobart’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, Hobart 30: Hobart leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Hobart 60: Hobart leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Hobart 56: Hobart leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Hobart 30: Bariloche leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Hobart 85: Bariloche leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Hobart 60: Hobart leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Hobart 56: Hobart leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Hobart 45: Hobart leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Hobart 38: Hobart leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Hobart 35: Bariloche leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Hobart 45: Hobart leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche and Hobart are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Hobart.

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.

Hobart
Best match
48match

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

Hobart in July

13 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
13 °Csea
9 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). Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheHobart
Official languageSpanishEnglish
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911000
Elevation794 m54 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheHobart
City population136,381197,451
People per km²619116
Museums within 10 km38
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

Where else could you go?

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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. 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.