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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
A bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay, Montego Bay
Montego BayA bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Montego Bay by Dre Dawkcide, Pexels License.

Bariloche or Montego Bay?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Montego Bay for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Montego Bay’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, Montego Bay 84: Montego Bay leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Montego Bay 50: Montego Bay leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Montego Bay 28: Montego Bay leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Montego Bay 42: Montego Bay leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Montego Bay 65: Bariloche leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Montego Bay 50: Montego Bay leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Montego Bay 48: Bariloche leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Montego Bay 20: Bariloche leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Montego Bay 25: Bariloche leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Montego Bay 38: Bariloche leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Montego Bay 32: Montego Bay leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 40, Montego Bay 45: Montego Bay leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Montego Bay.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Bariloche
42match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Montego Bay
44match

Wins on beaches and day trips 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

Montego Bay in July

34 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
9 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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BarilocheMontego Bay

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bariloche: 1991-2020 normals, Bariloche Aerodrome (11.2 km from centre). Montego Bay: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheMontego Bay
Official languageSpanishEnglish, Jamaican Patois
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Jamaican Dollar (JMD)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzAB116 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-5
Emergency number117 or 911Police 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110
Elevation794 m19 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsSangster International Airport (MBJ)4 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheMontego Bay
City population136,381123,994
People per km²619-
Museums within 10 km30
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.