Buenos Aires F.D., Argentina
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is a capital city in Buenos Aires F.D., Argentina, close to the sea. It has a population of about 3,121,707 (2022). The climate is classified as humid subtropical (Köppen Cfa), with rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
Now16°C
Best timeApr · Oct · Dec
Population3.12M
Local time09:52
34.61° S, 58.38° WElevation 31 mUTC−3 · Argentina Standard Time
Postal code1871October: high / low20° / 14°
Rain this month124mm
Sea this month18°
Best timeApr · Oct · Dec
Best: Apr · Oct · Dec. Warmth, sunshine and dry days, month by month.
Buenos Aires at a glance
Sunrise · sunset06:03 · 19:1413 h 10 min of daylightThe moon tonightWaxing gibbous85% · Moonrise 15:44Next holiday9 NovemberVisit of His Holiness Pope Leo XIVNext concert22 Oct[Berliner Philharmoniker: New York & South America Tour: Teatro Colón] · Teatro Colón
Best time to visitApr · Oct · Dec
The months with the highest weather score
Warmest month27°C
Average high in January
Coolest month8°C
Average low in July
Wettest monthMarch
133 mm of rain
Driest monthJune
56 mm of rain
Warmest sea25°C
January
Monuments nearby10+
within 2.8 km
How Buenos Aires has grown
People living in the built-up area (2,186 km² today), every five years since 1975; 2030 is the projection.
+57%9.05M in 1975 → 14.2M in 2025Weather in Buenos Aires
Now and the next ten days. The 14 and 30-day outlooks are one click away.
16°C
Today hour by hourCloudy · wind 19 km/h · humidity 80%
Today22 Oct20°15°4.7 mm
Fri23 Oct21°17°0.7 mm
Sat24 Oct19°15°3.4 mm
Sun25 Oct17°12°3.1 mm
Mon26 Oct17°13°
Tue27 Oct20°13°
Wed28 Oct21°16°
Thu29 Oct23°15°6.8 mm
Fri30 Oct19°14°2.4 mm
Sat31 Oct24°13°
When to go to Buenos Aires
Each month's weather score (warmth, sun, dry days) with its temperatures and rain.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 75 | 79 | 79 | 83 | 80 | 65 | 62 | 73 | 79 | 83 | 80 | 82 |
| High | 27° | 26° | 24° | 21° | 17° | 14° | 13° | 15° | 17° | 20° | 22° | 25° |
| Low | 21° | 20° | 19° | 15° | 12° | 9° | 8° | 9° | 11° | 14° | 16° | 19° |
| Rain (mm) | 129 | 124 | 133 | 110 | 95 | 56 | 57 | 60 | 69 | 124 | 118 | 116 |
| Wet days | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 7 |
| Sea | 25° | 25° | 23° | 21° | 17° | 14° | 13° | 13° | 15° | 18° | 21° | 23° |
What's on in Buenos Aires
Concerts, football matches, the public holidays ahead and the town's festivals through the year.
Buenos Aires's festivals through the year
Monuments and museums in Buenos Aires
0.9 km
Casa RosadaBuilt 1898
1.4 km
Colón TheaterBuilt 1908
2 km
Kavanagh buildingBuilt 1934
0.9 km
Barolo Palace
0.5 km
Santo Domingo conventBuilt 1773
0.6 km
Basilique Saint-FrançoisBuilt 1754
Museum3.6 km
National Museum of Fine Arts, ArgentinaBuilt 1895
Museum1.7 km
National Historical Museum (Argentina)Built 1889More museums: Centro de Historieta y Humor Gráfico Argentinos · Edificio central · El Zanjón de Granados (historic ruins) · Fundación Augusto y León Ferrari · Museo Borges · Museum of Scenographic arts "Botíca de Ángel" · Museo del Mate
Outdoors around Buenos Aires
Hiking routes from the town, and what there is to do within 15 km: huts, viewpoints, climbing, camping, ski areas and dive sites.
TecnópolisTheme parks
1 kmGolf Club San MartínGolf courses
1 kmViewpoint Guillermo Enrique HudsonViewpoints
1.9 kmViewpoint Christian HenschkeViewpoints
1.9 kmRustikClimbing
2.6 kmGolf Club José JuradoGolf courses
3.3 kmLa Casa del BuceadorDive site
2.1 kmABucear - Centro de BuceoDive site
13 kmNature around Buenos Aires
Wildlife in October
The birds and mammals of Argentina seen most this month, compared with the rest of their year.
The sky over Buenos Aires
Earthquakes around Buenos Aires
The last 30 days within 300 km, and the record since 1950.
Fossil sites near this town
Fossil sites: 7 · 2 km
Quaternary · 7
Mammoths and mastodons · 5Notiomastodon
Universities and research institutes
University of Buenos AiresUniversity or college · founded 1821
Dr. Enrique Tornu General HospitalUniversity or college · founded 1904
Museo Etnográfico "Juan B. Ambrosetti"University or college · founded 1904
Instituto de Geografía Romualdo ArdissoneUniversity or college · founded 1905
Instituto de Literatura Argentina "Ricardo Rojas"University or college · founded 1922
Instituto de Filología y Literaturas Hispánicas "Dr. Amado Alonso"University or college · founded 1923
Instituto de Filología Clásica "Dra. Alicia Schniebs"University or college · founded 1927
Instituto de Filosofía “Dr. Alejandro Korn”University or college · founded 1927
Instituto de Literatura HispanoamericanaUniversity or college · founded 1931
Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la EducaciónUniversity or college · founded 1940
Instituto de Historia de España "Dr. Claudio Sánchez Albornoz"University or college · founded 1943
Instituto de Historia Antigua, Medieval y Moderna "Prof. José Luis Romero"University or college · founded 1948
National Technological UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1948
Instituto de Teoría e Historia del Arte "Julio E. Payró"University or college · founded 1956
University of Argentine Social MuseumUniversity or college · founded 1956
Universidad Argentina de la EmpresaUniversity or college · founded 1957
Pontifical Catholic University of ArgentinaUniversity or college · founded 1958
Universidad del SalvadorUniversity or college · founded 1958
Buenos Aires Institute of TechnologyUniversity or college · founded 1959
Universidad Argentina John F. KennedyUniversity or college · founded 1964
University of BelgranoUniversity or college · founded 1964
Instituto de Historia Antigua Oriental "Dr. Abraham Rosenvasser"University or college · founded 1965
Universidad de la Marina MercanteUniversity or college · founded 1965
Instituto de Investigaciones BibliotecológicasUniversity or college · founded 1967
Universidad Centro de Altos Estudios en Ciencias ExactasUniversity or college · founded 1967
Instituto Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud - Fundación Héctor A. BarcelóUniversity or college · founded 1968
Instituto de Artes del Espectáculo "Dr. Raúl H. Castagnino"University or college · founded 1972
Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences ArgentinaUniversity or college · founded 1974
Instituto Universitario Escuela Superior de Economía y Administración de EmpresasUniversity or college · founded 1978
Instituto de LingüísticaUniversity or college · founded 1978
Universidad del Centro de Estudios Macroeconómicos de ArgentinaUniversity or college · founded 1978
Instituto de Investigaciones Gino GermaniUniversity or college · founded 1984
Instituto Universitario de la Policía Federal ArgentinaUniversity or college · founded 1985
Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas y Sociales Ambrosio L. GiojaUniversity or college · founded 1985
University of PalermoUniversity or college · founded 1986
Instituto de Historia del Arte Argentino y Latinoamericano “Luis Ordaz”University or college · founded 1987
National University of La MatanzaUniversity or college · founded 1989
Universidad MaimónidesUniversity or college · founded 1990
Universidad IsaludUniversity or college · founded 1991
Torcuato Di Tella UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1991
Universidad de Ciencias Empresariales y SocialesUniversity or college · founded 1991
Universidad del CineUniversity or college · founded 1991
Austral UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1992
Escuela Argentina de NegociosUniversity or college · founded 1992
National University of General San MartínUniversity or college · founded 1994
Universidad de FloresUniversity or college · founded 1994
Escuela Argentina de TantraUniversity or college · founded 1995
Interamerican Open UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1995
National University of the ArtsUniversity or college · founded 1996
Instituto de Investigaciones de Estudios de GéneroUniversity or college · founded 1997
Argentine Neuropsychiatric AssociationUniversity or college · founded 1998
Favaloro UniversityUniversity or college · founded 1998
Universidad Hospital ItalianoUniversity or college · founded 2000
Asociación Educar para el Desarrollo HumanoUniversity or college · founded 2003
Instituto Interdisciplinario de Estudios e Investigaciones de América LatinaUniversity or college · founded 2006
Universidad Pedagógica NacionalUniversity or college · founded 2006
Instituto de ArqueologíaUniversity or college · founded 2007
National University of the WestUniversity or college · founded 2009
Interdisciplinary Political Economy InstituteUniversity or college · founded 2011
Universidad Metropolitana para la Educación y el TrabajoUniversity or college · founded 2013
Instituto de las CulturasUniversity or college · founded 2014
Universidad de la Ciudad de Buenos AiresUniversity or college · founded 2018
Argentine Atlantis UniversityUniversity or college
Instituto de Estudios de América Latina y el CaribeUniversity or college
Observatorio Naval Buenos AiresResearch institute · founded 1881
Instituto de Historia Argentina y Americana "Dr. Emilio Ravignani"Research institute · founded 1921
Experimental Medicine and Biology InstituteResearch institute · founded 1944
Instituto Argentino de Diagnóstico y TratamientoResearch institute · founded 1944
Fundación Instituto LeloirResearch institute · founded 1947
Instituto de Ciencias AntropológicasResearch institute · founded 1947
Institute of Scientific and Technical Research for DefenseResearch institute · founded 1954
Instituto Argentino de RadioastronomíaResearch institute · founded 1966
Instituto de Geocronología y Geología IsotópicaResearch institute · founded 1969
Institute of Astronomy and Space PhysicsResearch institute · founded 1970
Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones LaboralesResearch institute · founded 1971
Instituto Nacional del AguaResearch institute · founded 1973
Favaloro FoundationResearch institute · founded 1975
Centro de Investigaciones CardiovascularesResearch institute · founded 1976
Instituto de Fisica de Liquidos y Sistemas BiologicosResearch institute · founded 1981
Instituto de Química y Fisicoquímica BiológicasResearch institute · founded 1983
Buenos Aires from above
Around Buenos Aires29 places to see, do and reach nearby
RiachueloNature5.7 kmLaguna San José de la LeñaNature14 kmPlaya HondaNature23 kmLa Casa del BuceadorDive site2.1 kmABucear - Centro de BuceoDive site13 kmCasa RosadaMonument0.8 kmColón TheaterMonument1.4 kmKavanagh buildingMonument2.0 kmBarolo PalaceMonument0.9 kmSanto Domingo conventMonument0.5 kmBasilique Saint-FrançoisMonument0.6 kmConfitería del MolinoMonument1.4 kmPalace of the Argentine National CongressMonument1.5 kmNational Museum of Fine Arts, ArgentinaMuseum3.5 kmNational Historical Museum (Argentina)Museum1.6 kmAMALITA CollectionMuseum1.9 kmMuseo de Arte Contemporáneo Buenos AiresMuseum1.2 kmJuan B. Ambrosetti Museum of EthnographyMuseum0.6 kmRetiro (Mitre)Station2.5 kmRetiro (Belgrano)Station2.6 kmRetiro (San Martín)Station2.7 kmBuquebusFerry port1.9 kmSturlaFerry port2.0 kmLanúsPlace11 kmSan JustoPlace19 kmAvellanedaPlace5.3 kmCaserosPlace17 kmQuilmesPlace16 kmRamos MejíaPlace17 km
Postal code
1871
Getting to Buenos Aires
Aeroparque Jorge NewberyAEP
6.9 kmEzeiza International Airport - Ministro PistariniEZE
27 kmCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International AirportMVD
216 kmRetiro (Mitre)Railway station
2.5 kmRetiro (Belgrano)Railway station
2.6 kmRetiro (San Martín)Railway station
2.7 kmBuquebusBuquebus · Terminal Fluviomarítima Colonia
1.9 kmSturlaFerry port
2 kmPlaces near Buenos Aires
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Matched month by month on temperature, rain and sunshine.
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Frequently asked questions
When is the best time to visit Buenos Aires?
Based on 30-year climate normals, April, October and December offer the best balance of comfortable temperatures, low rainfall and sunshine in Buenos Aires.
What is the hottest month in Buenos Aires?
January is the warmest month, with average highs of 27°C and lows of 21°C.
What is the coldest month in Buenos Aires?
July is the coldest month, with average highs of 13°C and lows of 8°C.
What is the rainiest month in Buenos Aires?
March is the wettest month with about 133 mm of precipitation on 9 wet days.
How warm is the sea near Buenos Aires?
The sea is warmest in January at about 25°C and coolest in July at about 13°C.
What is the postal code of Buenos Aires?
The postal code of Buenos Aires is 1871.