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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
The city from Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavik
ReykjavikThe city from Hallgrímskirkja

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Reykjavik by Atlantic Ambience, Pexels License.

Bariloche or Reykjavik?

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
  • beaches
  • shopping

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

Choose Reykjavik for

  • wellness
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Reykjavik’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, Reykjavik 12: Bariloche leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Reykjavik 42: Bariloche leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Reykjavik 25: Bariloche leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Reykjavik 45: Reykjavik leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Reykjavik 92: Bariloche leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Reykjavik 35: Bariloche leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Bariloche and Reykjavik are level on 55.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Reykjavik 55: Reykjavik leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Reykjavik 25: Bariloche leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Reykjavik 6: Bariloche leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Reykjavik 45: Reykjavik leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 40, Reykjavik 88: Reykjavik leads by 48 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Reykjavik.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Bariloche
42match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Reykjavik
44match

Wins on wellness 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

Reykjavik in July

15 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
20 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BarilocheReykjavik

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bariloche: 1991-2020 normals, Bariloche Aerodrome (11.2 km from centre). Reykjavik: 1991-2020 normals, Reykjavik (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheReykjavik
Official languageSpanishIcelandic
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Iceland Krona (ISK)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC
Emergency number117 or 911112
Elevation794 m8 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsKeflavik International Airport (KEF)37 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheReykjavik
City population136,381138,772
People per km²619569
Museums within 10 km323
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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.