⭐️ Total score | 3.41/5 (Rank #219) |
👍 Quality of life score | Good |
👶 Family score | Okay |
💵 Cost | 😝 Cheap: $987 / mo |
📡 Internet | 🙂 Good: 6Mbps (avg) |
😝 Fun | Great |
⛅️ Temperature (now) | 🥶 A bit cold: 16°C62°F (feels 16°C61°F) |
💦 Humidity (now) | 💦 Damp: 73% |
💨 Air quality (now) | 🌱 Great: 1 US AQI |
💨 Air quality (annual) | 🌱 Great: 41 US AQI |
👌 Safety | Okay |
👮♀️ Lack of crime* | Okay |
🤝 Lack of racism* | Good |
🎓 Education level* | High |
💰 Income level* | Very low: $1,037 / mo |
🙊 English speaking* | Okay |
🚶 Walkability | Great |
✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | Okay |
🚦 Traffic safety* | Okay |
🏥 Hospitals | Okay |
😄 Happiness* | Good |
🍸 Nightlife | Bad |
📶 Free WiFi in city | Okay |
🖥 Places to work from | Great |
❄️ A/C or heating | Great |
😁 Friendly to foreigners | Great |
🗯 Freedom of speech* | Good |
👩 Female friendly | Okay |
🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | Great |
🎅 Startup Score | Okay |
🌍 Continent | Latin America |
🚩 Country | Argentina |
⏱ Average trip length | 40 days |
📡 Internet speed (avg) | 6 Mbps |
⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 16°C 62°F + 💦 Damp (73%) = feels 16°C 61°F |
💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 1 US AQI 🍃 OK |
💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 41 US AQI |
🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
🚕 Best taxi app* | |
🚑 Travel medical insurance | ![]() |
📱 Best wireless carrier | Claro |
💸 1,000 ARS in USD | USD 8.44 |
🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | ARS 10,000 = USD 84 |
💸 Tipping | Yes, 10% |
💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners) |
🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
👨👩👧👦 Population | 520,000 people |
👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $12,449 / year |
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
💻 Online electronics shop | Mercado Libre |
🏠 Apartment listings | Airbnb |
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Gol |
✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Aerolineas |
💵 Cost of living for nomad | $987 / month |
💵 Cost of living for expat | $412 / month |
💵 Cost of living for family | $483 / month |
💵 Cost of living for local | $138 / month |
🏠 1br studio rent in center | $40 / month |
🏢 Coworking | $42 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,165 / month |
🏨 Hotel (median price) | $55 / night |
🏡 Airbnb (median from 27 listings) | $851 / month |
🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $28 / night |
🍛 Dinner | $3 |
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $0 |
🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $1 |
☕️ Coffee | $1 |
💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $17,500 |
💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $35,000 |
💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $87,500 |
✅ Very cheap to live
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to make friends
✅ High quality of education
✅ Good hospitals
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
❌ Not very safe
❌ Pretty slow internet
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the summer
❌ Very damp now
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Many people smoke tobacco
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Feels | 8429° warm | 7725° warm | 7524° warm | 7323° mild | 6317° cool | 5714° cool | 5513° cool | 5915° cool | 6317° cool | 7021° mild | 7323° mild | 8228° warm |
Real | 8127° warm | 7725° warm | 7524° warm | 7323° mild | 6317° cool | 5815° cool | 5714° cool | 5915° cool | 6317° cool | 6820° mild | 7323° mild | 7926° warm |
Humidity | nice 67% | nice 75% | nice 73% | nice 80% | damp 73% | damp 72% | damp 73% | damp 75% | damp 81% | nice 62% | nice 65% | nice 68% |
Rain | rainy 101mm | rainy 105mm | rainy 83mm | rainy 79mm | rainy 68mm | dry 21mm | dry 37mm | rainy 53mm | rainy 98mm | rainy 51mm | rainy 86mm | dry 29mm |
Cloud | pockets 31% | pockets 47% | pockets 44% | pockets 33% | cloudy 57% | cloudy 64% | pockets 43% | pockets 43% | cloudy 67% | pockets 26% | cloudy 52% | pockets 38% |
Air quality | clean 47 US AQI | clean 47 US AQI | clean 43 US AQI | clean 41 US AQI | clean 38 US AQI | clean 38 US AQI | clean 39 US AQI | clean 42 US AQI | clean 41 US AQI | clean 35 US AQI | clean 42 US AQI | clean 43 US AQI |
Sun | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | safe 2 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 3 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 10 UVI |
Remote workers | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 200 people | 0 people | 300 people |
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