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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
Parliament Hill across the Ottawa River, Ottawa
OttawaParliament Hill across the Ottawa River

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Ottawa by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Bariloche or Ottawa?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Ottawa for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Ottawa’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, Ottawa 35: Ottawa leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Ottawa 45: Ottawa leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Ottawa 62: Ottawa leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Ottawa 35: Ottawa leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Ottawa 68: Bariloche leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Ottawa 55: Ottawa leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Ottawa 68: Ottawa leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Ottawa 62: Ottawa leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Ottawa 40: Ottawa leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Ottawa 40: Bariloche leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Ottawa 52: Ottawa leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 40, Ottawa 55: Ottawa leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Ottawa.

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 prices with your weighting.

Ottawa
Best match
51match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts 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
10 hdaylight a day

Ottawa in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BarilocheOttawa

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bariloche: 1991-2020 normals, Bariloche Aerodrome (11.2 km from centre). Ottawa: 1991-2020 normals, Ottawa CDA RCS (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheOttawa
Official languageSpanishFrench, English
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911911
Elevation794 m70 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsOttawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW)12 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheOttawa
City population136,3811,017,449
People per km²619366
Museums within 10 km320
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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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. 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.