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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
The old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Bariloche or Sapporo?

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

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

Choose Sapporo for

  • wellness
  • food and drink
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Sapporo’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, Sapporo 28: Sapporo leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Sapporo 40: Sapporo leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Sapporo 62: Sapporo leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Sapporo 86: Bariloche leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Sapporo 64: Sapporo leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Sapporo 72: Sapporo leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Sapporo 58: Sapporo leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Sapporo 60: Sapporo leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Sapporo 44: Sapporo leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 40, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Sapporo.

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 with your weighting.

Sapporo
Best match
63match

Wins on wellness and food and drink 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

Sapporo in July

25 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
15 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). Sapporo: 1991-2020 normals, Sapporo (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheSapporo
Official languageSpanishJapanese
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+9
Emergency number117 or 911Police 110, fire 119
Elevation794 m5 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheSapporo
City population136,3811,959,313
People per km²6191,747
Museums within 10 km333
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-1 month

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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.