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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Bariloche or Tromso?

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
  • day trips
  • beaches

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

Choose Tromso for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Tromso’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, Tromso 8: Bariloche leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Tromso 36: Bariloche leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche and Tromso are level on 27.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Tromso 38: Tromso leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Tromso 92: Bariloche leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Tromso 14: Bariloche leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Tromso 45: Bariloche leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Tromso 60: Tromso leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Tromso 15: Bariloche leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Tromso 11: Bariloche leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Tromso 32: Tromso leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 40, Tromso 38: Bariloche leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Tromso.

Your match

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

Bariloche
Best match
42match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

Wins on getting around and nightlife 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

Tromso in July

16 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
24 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BarilocheTromso

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bariloche: 1991-2020 normals, Bariloche Aerodrome (11.2 km from centre). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheTromso
Official languageSpanishNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation794 m20 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheTromso
City population136,38179,943
People per km²61932
Museums within 10 km38
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.