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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
Gastown, Vancouver
VancouverGastown

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Vancouver by Xicotencatl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bariloche or Vancouver?

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

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

Choose Vancouver for

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Vancouver’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, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Vancouver 97: Vancouver leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Vancouver 45: Vancouver leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Vancouver 73: Vancouver leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Vancouver 55: Vancouver leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Vancouver 27: Bariloche leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Vancouver 52: Vancouver leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 40, Vancouver 50: Vancouver leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Vancouver.

Your match

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

Bariloche
42match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Vancouver
Best match
56match

Wins on getting around and food and drink 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

Vancouver in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BarilocheVancouver

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bariloche: 1991-2020 normals, Bariloche Aerodrome (11.2 km from centre). Vancouver: 1991-2020 normals, Vancouver Harbour CS (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheVancouver
Official languageSpanishFrench, English
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911911
Elevation794 m2 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheVancouver
City population136,381662,248
People per km²6195,759
Museums within 10 km326
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. 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.