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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
Victoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter, Victoria Falls
Victoria FallsVictoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Victoria Falls by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Bariloche or Victoria Falls?

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

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • food and drink

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

Choose Victoria Falls for

  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria Falls’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, Victoria Falls 7: Bariloche leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Victoria Falls 24: Bariloche leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Victoria Falls 12: Bariloche leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Victoria Falls 8: Bariloche leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche and Victoria Falls are level on 94.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Victoria Falls 22: Bariloche leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Victoria Falls 38: Bariloche leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Victoria Falls 45: Victoria Falls leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Victoria Falls 18: Bariloche leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Victoria Falls 32: Bariloche leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Victoria Falls 10: Bariloche leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 40, Victoria Falls 34: Bariloche leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Victoria Falls.

Your match

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

Bariloche
Best match
42match

Wins on nightlife and beaches with your weighting.

Victoria Falls
29match

Wins on getting around 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

Victoria Falls in July

26 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BarilocheVictoria Falls

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bariloche: 1991-2020 normals, Bariloche Aerodrome (11.2 km from centre). Victoria Falls: 1991-2020 normals, Livingstone (13.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheVictoria Falls
Official languageSpanishEnglish, Xhosa, Ndau, Venda, Chewa, Khoisan, Kalanga, Shona, Tonga, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Northern Ndebele, Nambya, Zimbabwe Sign Language, Barwe
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Zimbabwe Gold (ZWG)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+2
Emergency number117 or 911999
Elevation794 m961 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsVictoria Falls International Airport (VFA)18 km from centre12 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheVictoria Falls
City population136,38133,060
People per km²619-
Museums within 10 km32
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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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. 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.