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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Bariloche or Lima?

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
  • wellness
  • families

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

Choose Lima for

  • food and drink
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Lima’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, Lima 42: Lima leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Lima 88: Lima leads by 44 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Lima 66: Lima leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Lima 62: Lima leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Lima 45: Bariloche leads by 49 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Lima 34: Bariloche leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Lima 42: Bariloche leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Lima 35: Bariloche leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Lima 52: Lima leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Lima 70: Lima leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Lima 53: Lima leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 40, Lima 25: Bariloche leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Lima.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Lima
Best match
51match

Wins on food and drink 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

Lima in July

19 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
1 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
12 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). Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheLima
Official languageSpanishSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Sol (PEN)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-5
Emergency number117 or 911111 or 911
Elevation794 m154 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheLima
City population136,3819,943,800
People per km²6193,721
Museums within 10 km347
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C-2 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.