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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
The white beach below the high-rise hotels, Orange Beach
Orange BeachThe white beach below the high-rise hotels

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Orange Beach by WeaponizingArchitecture, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bariloche or Orange Beach?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Orange Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Orange Beach’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, Orange Beach 86: Orange Beach leads by 59 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Orange Beach 40: Bariloche leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Orange Beach 7: Bariloche leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Orange Beach 30: Bariloche leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Orange Beach 60: Bariloche leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Orange Beach 50: Orange Beach leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Orange Beach 75: Orange Beach leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Orange Beach 15: Bariloche leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Orange Beach 25: Bariloche leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Orange Beach 38: Bariloche leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Orange Beach 32: Orange Beach leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 40, Orange Beach 32: Bariloche leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Orange Beach.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Bariloche
42match

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

Orange Beach
41match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Orange Beach in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
200 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BarilocheOrange Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bariloche: 1991-2020 normals, Bariloche Aerodrome (11.2 km from centre). Orange Beach: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Gulf Shores / Bay Village Mobile Home Park (10.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheOrange Beach
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911911
Elevation794 m4 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsPensacola International Airport (PNS)41 km from centre27 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheOrange Beach
City population136,3818,095
People per km²619196
Museums within 10 km30
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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. 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.