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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
The clock tower in the old town, Kotor
KotorThe clock tower in the old town

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Kotor by Muhammed Fatih Beki, Pexels License.

Bariloche or Kotor?

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
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Kotor for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Kotor’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, Kotor 57: Kotor leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Kotor 37: Bariloche leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Kotor 55: Kotor leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Kotor 30: Bariloche leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Kotor 80: Bariloche leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Kotor 72: Kotor leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Kotor 36: Bariloche leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Kotor 48: Kotor leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Kotor 20: Bariloche leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Kotor 57: Kotor leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Kotor 20: Bariloche leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 40, Kotor 24: Bariloche leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Kotor.

Your match

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

Bariloche
42match

Wins on families and wellness with your weighting.

Kotor
Best match
45match

Wins on day trips and beaches 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

Kotor in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
39 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Kotor 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.

Kotor's sunshine is measured 42 km from the centre, at Podgorica-Grad.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bariloche: 1991-2020 normals, Bariloche Aerodrome (11.2 km from centre). Kotor: 1991-2020 normals, Tivat (4.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheKotor
Official languageSpanishMontenegrin
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911112
Elevation794 m10 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsTivat Airport (TIV)5 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheKotor
City population136,381562
People per km²619-
Museums within 10 km33
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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. 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.