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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bariloche or Toronto?

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
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Toronto for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: Toronto leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Toronto 50: Toronto leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Toronto 52: Bariloche leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Toronto 50: Toronto leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Toronto 34: Bariloche leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 40, Toronto 33: Bariloche leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Toronto.

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 prices with your weighting.

Toronto
Best match
55match

Wins on live music and the arts and shopping 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

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BarilocheToronto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bariloche: 1991-2020 normals, Bariloche Aerodrome (11.2 km from centre). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheToronto
Official languageSpanishFrench, English
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911911
Elevation794 m76 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheToronto
City population136,3812,794,356
People per km²6194,434
Museums within 10 km332
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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.