Buenos Aires
Capital of Argentina: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Vista aérea de la Plaza del Congreso 10: ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina, in Buenos Aires F.D.. About 2.9 million people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of Argentina in our atlas.
It lies at 34.61° S, 58.38° W, about 31 m (102 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires time zone.
Location
Red dot: Buenos Aires. Green dots: other major cities of Argentina. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Buenos Aires has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). The warmest month is usually Jan, with average highs near 28°C (82°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 9°C (48°F). Around 1,103 mm (43 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in ArgentinaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Avellaneda · 5 km
- Rosario · 277 km
- Mar del Plata · 383 km
- Santa Fe · 392 km
- Bahía Blanca · 578 km
- Córdoba · 639 km
- Corrientes · 794 km
- Resistencia · 796 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3435910 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1486 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Vista aérea de la Plaza del Congreso 10: ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Fachada del Teatro Colón en Buenos Aires, Argentina: EEJCC, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Palacio Barolo 10: Eugenio Hansen, OFS, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Vista aérea de Plaza de Mayo 06: ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (12407): Beatrice Murch, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Buenos Aires - Bolsa de Comercio: Antonio García from Madrid, Spain, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Weather device at the Buenos Aires Botanical Gardens: José María Pérez Nuñez, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Huracan palacio duco: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kavanagh building: Marcos Prack, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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