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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
The Limmat from Quaibrücke, Zurich
ZurichThe Limmat from Quaibrücke

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Zurich by Daniel Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Bariloche or Zurich?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Zurich for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Zurich’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, Zurich 45: Zurich leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Zurich 53: Zurich leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Zurich 58: Zurich leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Zurich 62: Zurich leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Zurich 80: Bariloche leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Zurich 84: Zurich leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Zurich 76: Zurich leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Zurich 95: Zurich leads by 51 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Zurich 66: Zurich leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Zurich 3: Bariloche leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Zurich 70: Zurich leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 40, Zurich 58: Zurich leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Zurich.

Your match

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

Bariloche
42match

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

Zurich
Best match
63match

Wins on getting around 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
10 hdaylight a day

Zurich in July

24 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
126 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 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). Zurich: 1991-2020 normals, Zurich Town / Ville. (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheZurich
Official languageSpanishFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911112
Elevation794 m408 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)9 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheZurich
City population136,381440,935
People per km²6195,016
Museums within 10 km363
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.