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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
The yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo, Merida
MeridaThe yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Merida by Mariposa2723, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Bariloche or Merida?

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

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

Choose Merida for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Merida’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, Merida 50: Merida leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Merida 72: Merida leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Merida 64: Merida leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Merida 42: Merida leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Merida 48: Bariloche leads by 46 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Merida 80: Merida leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Merida 50: Bariloche leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Merida 45: Merida leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Merida 50: Merida leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Merida 75: Merida leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Merida 52: Merida leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche and Merida are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Merida.

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.

Merida
Best match
56match

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
No seasea
10 hdaylight a day

Merida in July

35 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
148 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
27 °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). Merida: 1991-2020 normals, Merida / lic Manuel Crecencio (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheMerida
Official languageSpanishSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-6
Emergency number117 or 911911
Elevation794 m12 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsManuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport (MID)5 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheMerida
City population136,381892,363
People per km²6191,010
Museums within 10 km35
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.