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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
The Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline, Macau
MacauThe Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Macau by tian Jin, Pexels License.

Bariloche or Macau?

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
  • families
  • beaches

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

Choose Macau for

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Macau’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, Macau 24: Bariloche leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Macau 77: Macau leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Macau 62: Macau leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Macau 40: Macau leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Macau 5: Bariloche leads by 89 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Macau 52: Macau leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Macau 48: Bariloche leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Macau 60: Macau leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Macau 58: Macau leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Macau 44: Bariloche leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Macau 36: Macau leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche and Macau are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Macau.

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 families with your weighting.

Macau
Best match
46match

Wins on culture and sights and food and drink 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

Macau in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
281 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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). Macau: 1991-2020 normals, Taipa (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheMacau
Official languageSpanishPortuguese, Cantonese, Standard Chinese
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Pataca (MOP)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzFGM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+8
Emergency number117 or 911999
Elevation794 m22 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsMacau International Airport (MFM)7 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheMacau
City population136,381682,100
People per km²6195,916
Museums within 10 km328
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-8 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.