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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière, Lyon
LyonThe Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Lyon by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Bariloche or Lyon?

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
  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Lyon for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Lyon’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, Lyon 12: Bariloche leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Lyon 84: Lyon leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Lyon 58: Lyon leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Lyon 64: Bariloche leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 39 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Lyon 62: Lyon leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Lyon 58: Lyon leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Lyon 42: Bariloche leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Lyon 68: Lyon leads by 41 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche and Lyon are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Lyon.

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 beaches with your weighting.

Lyon
Best match
60match

Wins on culture and sights 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
10 hdaylight a day

Lyon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
66 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 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). Lyon: 1991-2020 normals, Lyon / Bron (10.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheLyon
Official languageSpanishFrench
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911112
Elevation794 m160 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsLyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS)20 km from centre141 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheLyon
City population136,381519,127
People per km²61910,838
Museums within 10 km343
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02

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. 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.