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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bariloche or Mazatlan?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Mazatlan for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Mazatlan’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, Mazatlan 80: Mazatlan leads by 53 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Mazatlan 62: Mazatlan leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Mazatlan 42: Mazatlan leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Mazatlan 55: Mazatlan leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Mazatlan 66: Bariloche leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Mazatlan 45: Mazatlan leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Mazatlan 60: Mazatlan leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Mazatlan 42: Bariloche leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Mazatlan 30: Bariloche leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Mazatlan 70: Mazatlan leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Mazatlan 40: Mazatlan leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 40, Mazatlan 35: Bariloche leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Mazatlan.

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.

Mazatlan
Best match
52match

Wins on beaches 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

Mazatlan in July

34 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
8 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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BarilocheMazatlan

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bariloche: 1991-2020 normals, Bariloche Aerodrome (11.2 km from centre). Mazatlan: 1991-2020 normals, Colonia Juan Carras-Co Mazatlan, Sin. (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheMazatlan
Official languageSpanishSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-7
Emergency number117 or 911911
Elevation794 m139 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheMazatlan
City population136,381441,975
People per km²619-
Museums within 10 km33
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.