San Miguel de Tucumán
City in Argentina: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
San Miguel de Tucumán is a city in Argentina, in Tucuman. About 548,866 people live in the city proper, making it the 5th largest city of Argentina in our atlas.
It lies at 26.82° S, 65.21° W, about 440 m (1,444 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Argentina/Tucuman time zone.
Location
Red dot: San Miguel de Tucumán. Green dots: other major cities of Argentina. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
San Miguel de Tucumán has a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa). The warmest month is usually Nov, with average highs near 34°C (93°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 7°C (44°F). Around 925 mm (36 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
- Salta · 224 km
- Córdoba · 520 km
- Resistencia · 621 km
- Corrientes · 636 km
- Santa Fe · 698 km
- Rosario · 817 km
- Posadas · 922 km
- Buenos Aires · 1,099 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3836873 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q44255 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Estadio Monumental José Fierro 01: Jmmuguerza, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Tucuman Parque 9 de Julio aerea: José Lazarte (jlazarte), Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
