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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bariloche or Killarney?

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

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

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

Choose Killarney for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Killarney’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, Killarney 22: Bariloche leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Killarney 33: Bariloche leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Killarney 28: Killarney leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Killarney 32: Bariloche leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Killarney 82: Bariloche leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Killarney 58: Killarney leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Killarney 42: Bariloche leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Killarney 47: Killarney leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Killarney 22: Bariloche leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Killarney 35: Bariloche leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Killarney 35: Killarney leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 40, Killarney 42: Killarney leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Killarney.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Bariloche
42match

Wins on families and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Killarney
40match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts 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

Killarney in July

18 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
88 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Killarney's temperatures are measured 53 km from the centre, at Valentia Observatory.

Killarney has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bariloche: 1991-2020 normals, Bariloche Aerodrome (11.2 km from centre). Killarney: 1991-2020 normals, Valentia Observatory (52.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheKillarney
Official languageSpanishEnglish, Irish
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911112
Elevation794 m50 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheKillarney
City population136,38114,412
People per km²619-
Museums within 10 km31
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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. 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.