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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

Bariloche or Valencia?

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 Valencia for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Valencia’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, Valencia 78: Valencia leads by 51 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Valencia 74: Valencia leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Valencia 68: Valencia leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Valencia 66: Valencia leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Valencia 60: Bariloche leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Valencia 70: Valencia leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Valencia 75: Valencia leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Valencia 76: Valencia leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Valencia 55: Valencia leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 40, Valencia 42: Valencia leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Valencia.

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.

Valencia
Best match
65match

Wins on beaches 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

Valencia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °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). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheValencia
Official languageSpanishSpanish
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911112
Elevation794 m15 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheValencia
City population136,381840,792
People per km²6196,242
Museums within 10 km345
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

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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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.