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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
Painted colonial houses in the Pelourinho, Salvador
SalvadorPainted colonial houses in the Pelourinho

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Salvador by Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bariloche or Salvador?

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
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Salvador for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Salvador’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, Salvador 84: Salvador leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Salvador 66: Salvador leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Salvador 74: Salvador leads by 47 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Salvador 52: Bariloche leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Salvador 56: Salvador leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Salvador 42: Bariloche leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Salvador 42: Bariloche leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Salvador 42: Salvador leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Salvador 63: Salvador leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 40, Salvador 32: Bariloche leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Salvador.

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 families with your weighting.

Salvador
Best match
58match

Wins on beaches 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

Salvador in July

27 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
201 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
11 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). Salvador: 1991-2020 normals, Salvador (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheSalvador
Official languageSpanishPortuguese
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-3
Emergency number117 or 911Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation794 m8 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsDeputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (SSA)20 km from centre31 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheSalvador
City population136,3812,417,678
People per km²6193,489
Museums within 10 km349
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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