Capital and most populous city of Argentina

Buenos Aires

321Sunny Days/yr
View on Map· Pop. 2.9M· Elev. 102 ftWikipedia

Buenos Aires, officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− global city, according to the GaWC 2024 ranking. The city proper has a population of 3.1 million and its urban area has a population of 16.7 million, making it the 21st most populous metropolitan area in the world.Wikipedia

Nickname: Baires, The Queen of El Plata ()Nickname: The Paris of South America ()

Country Context

ArgentinaCountry in South America

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country located in the southern cone of South America and with a claimed portion of Antarctica. It covers an area of 2,780,085 km2 (1,073,397 mi2), making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the eighth-largest country in the world. Argentina shares the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, and is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. Argentina is a federal state subdivided into twenty-three provinces, and one autonomous city, which is the federal capital and largest city of the nation, Buenos Aires.Wikipedia

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Current Conditions

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Cost of Living

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Livability

Safety Score
37
Internet
Country Broadband
25.4
subscriptions per 100 people
Growing Broadband
05

Climate

Sunshine
321
sunny days per year
88% of the year
Comfort Score
70/100
Good
Rainfall
35"
inches per year
Air Quality
34
Good AQI
07

Demographics

Population2.9M
Altitude102 ftabove sea level
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