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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Bariloche or Perth?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Perth for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Perth’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, Perth 86: Perth leads by 59 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Perth 58: Perth leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Perth 42: Perth leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Perth 42: Perth leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Perth 72: Bariloche leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Perth 48: Perth leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Perth 74: Perth leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Perth 55: Perth leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Perth 44: Perth leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Perth 28: Bariloche leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Perth 50: Perth leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 40, Perth 38: Bariloche leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Perth.

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.

Perth
Best match
53match

Wins on beaches 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
No seasea
10 hdaylight a day

Perth in July

19 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
10 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). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilochePerth
Official languageSpanishEnglish
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+8
Emergency number117 or 911000
Elevation794 m2 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilochePerth
City population136,3812,141,834
People per km²619334
Museums within 10 km315
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

Where else could you go?

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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.