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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Bariloche or Tokyo?

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 Tokyo for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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, Tokyo 40: Tokyo leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 54 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Tokyo 84: Tokyo leads by 57 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 53 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Tokyo 68: Bariloche leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Tokyo 85: Tokyo leads by 47 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Tokyo 95: Tokyo leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 54 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 66 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Tokyo 48: Tokyo leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 59 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 40, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Tokyo.

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.

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on shopping 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

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BarilocheTokyo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bariloche: 1991-2020 normals, Bariloche Aerodrome (11.2 km from centre). Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheTokyo
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 m6 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheTokyo
City population136,38114,264,798
People per km²6196,501
Museums within 10 km3192
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 months

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.