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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Maastricht by Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bariloche or Maastricht?

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 Maastricht for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Maastricht’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, Maastricht 8: Bariloche leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Maastricht 58: Maastricht leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Maastricht 60: Maastricht leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Maastricht 42: Maastricht leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Maastricht 58: Bariloche leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Maastricht 77: Maastricht leads by 39 points.
Good for families. Bariloche and Maastricht are level on 55.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Maastricht 74: Maastricht leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Maastricht 60: Maastricht leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Maastricht 38: Bariloche leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Maastricht 40: Maastricht leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 40, Maastricht 52: Maastricht leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Maastricht.

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.

Maastricht
Best match
52match

Wins on day trips 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
10 hdaylight a day

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BarilocheMaastricht

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bariloche: 1991-2020 normals, Bariloche Aerodrome (11.2 km from centre). Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheMaastricht
Official languageSpanishDutch
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 m49 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheMaastricht
City population136,381120,227
People per km²6192,000
Museums within 10 km321
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05

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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.