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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
The Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Seattle by Caio, Pexels License.

Bariloche or Seattle?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Seattle for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Seattle’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, Seattle 30: Seattle leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Seattle 66: Seattle leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Seattle 50: Seattle leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Seattle 55: Seattle leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Seattle 87: Bariloche leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Seattle 55: Seattle leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Seattle 64: Seattle leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Seattle 60: Seattle leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Seattle 52: Seattle leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Seattle 22: Bariloche leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Seattle 70: Seattle leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche and Seattle are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Seattle.

Your match

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

Bariloche
42match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Seattle
Best match
54match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BarilocheSeattle

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bariloche: 1991-2020 normals, Bariloche Aerodrome (11.2 km from centre). Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheSeattle
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911911
Elevation794 m40 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheSeattle
City population136,381737,015
People per km²6191,996
Museums within 10 km327
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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.