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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License.

Bariloche or Manila?

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
  • getting around
  • beaches

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

Choose Manila for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Manila’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, Manila 12: Bariloche leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Manila 64: Manila leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Manila 54: Manila leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Manila 64: Manila leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Manila 40: Bariloche leads by 54 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Manila 42: Manila leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Manila 42: Bariloche leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Manila 26: Bariloche leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Manila 60: Manila leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Manila 77: Manila leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Manila 50: Manila leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche and Manila are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Manila.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Manila
Best match
48match

Wins on nightlife and prices 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

Manila in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
487 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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). Manila: 1991-2020 normals, Science Garden (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheManila
Official languageSpanishEnglish, Filipino, Taglish
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Philippine Peso (PHP)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+8
Emergency number117 or 911911
Elevation794 m9 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheManila
City population136,3811,902,590
People per km²61976,104
Museums within 10 km327
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

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.