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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bariloche or Oslo?

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

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Oslo for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Oslo’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, Oslo 36: Oslo leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Oslo 55: Oslo leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Oslo 66: Oslo leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Oslo 48: Oslo leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Oslo 82: Bariloche leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Oslo 52: Oslo leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Oslo 63: Oslo leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Oslo 85: Oslo leads by 41 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Oslo 50: Oslo leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Oslo 14: Bariloche leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Oslo 62: Oslo leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 40, Oslo 60: Oslo leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Oslo.

Your match

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

Bariloche
42match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Oslo
Best match
56match

Wins on getting around 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

Oslo in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
86 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
18 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). Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheOslo
Official languageSpanishNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation794 m23 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheOslo
City population136,381717,710
People per km²619-
Museums within 10 km360
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.