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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Bariloche or Valparaiso?

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
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Valparaiso’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, Valparaiso 36: Valparaiso leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Valparaiso 50: Valparaiso leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Valparaiso 62: Valparaiso leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Valparaiso 56: Valparaiso leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Valparaiso 60: Bariloche leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Valparaiso 63: Valparaiso leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Valparaiso 33: Bariloche leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Bariloche and Valparaiso are level on 44.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Valparaiso 30: Bariloche leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Valparaiso 38: Valparaiso leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 40, Valparaiso 18: Bariloche leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Valparaiso.

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 families with your weighting.

Valparaiso
Best match
46match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips 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

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Valparaiso has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bariloche: 1991-2020 normals, Bariloche Aerodrome (11.2 km from centre). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheValparaiso
Official languageSpanishSpanish
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation794 m21 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheValparaiso
City population136,381296,655
People per km²6196,180
Museums within 10 km317
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.