Where
is it?
Buenos
Aires is the capital city of Argentina. Its exact location is at 34º 36'
latitude and 58º 26' longitude.
It has 19.4 km from north to south and 17.9 km from east to west. Three
million people live in its 202 km2 but together with the metropolitan
area, Buenos Aires population goes up to 11 million, which makes it one of
the ten most populated cities in the world. It's about eleven hours away
by plane from New York, Paris or Madrid.
Buenos
Aires is a cosmopolitan eclectic city that surprises with its contrast of
melancholic tango neighbourhoods and modern high-rises. The city is huge
and diverse, showing a great variety of cultures and habits inherited from
the different immigrants who arrived after World War.
From
its exquisite cuisine to a never ending nightlife, from a vast cultural
offer to a wide range of sports, from a lovely European-style architecture
to an incredible shopping experience, Buenos Aires has something for
everyone on any budget.
Buenos
Aires is connected with the rest of the country and the world through a
wide transport network, having two airports (one for international flights located at 22 km from the city centre and the other, for
domestic flights, located just at 6 km from the city centre), a port which
receives cruises and ferries, an extended train system, a complex bus
system and many highways and national routes.
What's
the weather like down there?
The
weather in Buenos Aires is practically good all year round. Average annual
temperature is 18ºC, which makes it nice to walk around any time of the
year.
Winter
begins on June 21 and ends on September 20. The coldest month is July,
with an average temperature between 3ºC and 8ºC. Warm clothes like
jacket, overcoat and scarf are recommended.
Summer
begins on December 21 and ends on March 20. This period is humid and hot,
with an average temperature of 28ºC. The hottest month is January. Light
clothes are common, even at night, when temperatures are still mild.
The
annual rain average is 1146mm. Rain is
more frequent during Autumn (March 21 to June 20) and Spring (September 21
to December 20). During warm months, rain is usually short.
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