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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
Rowing boats below the ghats in the morning light, Varanasi
VaranasiRowing boats below the ghats in the morning light

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Varanasi by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Bariloche or Varanasi?

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
  • beaches

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

Choose Varanasi for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Varanasi’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, Varanasi 4: Bariloche leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Varanasi 55: Varanasi leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Varanasi 80: Varanasi leads by 53 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Varanasi 10: Bariloche leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Varanasi 18: Bariloche leads by 76 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Varanasi 42: Varanasi leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Varanasi 5: Bariloche leads by 50 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Varanasi 28: Bariloche leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Varanasi 55: Varanasi leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Varanasi 92: Varanasi leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Varanasi 58: Varanasi leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 40, Varanasi 30: Bariloche leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Varanasi.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Bariloche
42match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families with your weighting.

Varanasi
40match

Wins on culture and sights and prices 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
10 hdaylight a day

Varanasi in July

35 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
249 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Varanasi has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bariloche: 1991-2020 normals, Bariloche Aerodrome (11.2 km from centre). Varanasi: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheVaranasi
Official languageSpanishHindi, English
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+5:30
Emergency number117 or 911108 or 112
Elevation794 m76 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsLal Bahadur Shastri International Airport (VNS)21 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheVaranasi
City population136,3811,198,491
People per km²61914,598
Museums within 10 km32
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

Where else could you go?

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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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.