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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
The Johannesburg skyline and the Hillbrow Tower, Johannesburg
JohannesburgThe Johannesburg skyline and the Hillbrow Tower

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Johannesburg by K, Pexels License.

Bariloche or Johannesburg?

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
  • getting around
  • beaches

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

Choose Johannesburg for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Johannesburg’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, Johannesburg 5: Bariloche leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Johannesburg 58: Johannesburg leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Johannesburg 56: Johannesburg leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Johannesburg 62: Johannesburg leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Johannesburg 55: Bariloche leads by 39 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Johannesburg 52: Johannesburg leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Johannesburg 42: Bariloche leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Johannesburg 18: Bariloche leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Johannesburg 58: Johannesburg leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Johannesburg 72: Johannesburg leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Johannesburg 55: Johannesburg leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 40, Johannesburg 28: Bariloche leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Johannesburg.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Johannesburg
Best match
47match

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

Johannesburg in July

19 °Cdaytime high
4 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BarilocheJohannesburg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bariloche: 1991-2020 normals, Bariloche Aerodrome (11.2 km from centre). Johannesburg: 2005-2019 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Johannesburg B / Roosevelt Park (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheJohannesburg
Official languageSpanishEnglish, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Venda, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Southern Ndebele, South African Sign Language
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Rand (ZAR)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzCMN230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+2
Emergency number117 or 911112
Elevation794 m1,753 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsO.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB)22 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheJohannesburg
City population136,3814,803,262
People per km²6192,922
Museums within 10 km314
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. 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.