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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Bariloche or Quito?

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

  • families
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Quito for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Quito’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, Quito 5: Bariloche leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Quito 54: Quito leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Quito 77: Quito leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Quito 40: Quito leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Quito 86: Bariloche leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Quito 55: Quito leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Quito 32: Bariloche leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Quito 45: Quito leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Quito 40: Quito leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Quito 78: Quito leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Quito 38: Quito leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 40, Quito 44: Quito leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Quito.

Your match

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

Bariloche
42match

Wins on families and beaches with your weighting.

Quito
Best match
50match

Wins on culture and sights and prices 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

Quito in July

18 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Quito's station stands 208 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bariloche: 1991-2020 normals, Bariloche Aerodrome (11.2 km from centre). Quito: 1961-1990 normals, Izobamba-Santa Catalina (16.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheQuito
Official languageSpanishSpanish, Shuar, Northern Quichua
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-5
Emergency number117 or 911911
Elevation794 m2,850 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheQuito
City population136,3811,763,275
People per km²6194,735
Museums within 10 km316
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.