Salta
City in Argentina: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Salta is a city in Argentina. About 520,683 people live in the city proper, making it the 6th largest city of Argentina in our atlas.
It lies at 24.81° S, 65.42° W, about 1,054 m (3,458 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Argentina/Salta time zone.
Location
Red dot: Salta. Green dots: other major cities of Argentina. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Salta has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb). The warmest month is usually Nov, with average highs near 24°C (76°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 1°C (34°F). Around 781 mm (31 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jan.
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
- San Miguel de Tucumán · 224 km
- Resistencia · 712 km
- Corrientes · 726 km
- Córdoba · 743 km
- Santa Fe · 896 km
- Posadas · 999 km
- Rosario · 1,024 km
- Buenos Aires · 1,299 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3838233 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q36307 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Salta - Museo de Arqueología de Alta Montaña: P. Hughes, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Estadio Delmi, provincia de Salta: Gabo2013, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
