
Photo: Deensel · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Argentina
Spanish · ARS · Argentina Time
How it scores for living there
- 46%Cost of livingRated 4 of 5 for living there, good
- 35%Income taxRated 2 of 5 for living there, poor
- AppliesCapital gainsRated 3 of 5 for living there, workable
- 22MbpsInternetRated 3 of 5 for living there, workable
- 5.11Doctors /1,000Rated 5 of 5 for living there, ideal
- 14PM2.5 ug/m3Rated 3 of 5 for living there, workable
- 4.5Homicide /100kRated 3 of 5 for living there, workable
- 77.5Life expectancyRated 3 of 5 for living there, workable
- 90%People onlineRated 4 of 5 for living there, good
- 37Corruption indexRated 2 of 5 for living there, poor
- 8of 12Mild monthsRated 4 of 5 for living there, good
Facts, not judgements
- UTC-3Time zone
- ARSCurrency
- SpanishLanguage
- C, IPower plug
- 7.4mVisitors in 2019
Colour says whether a figure is good for someone moving in, not whether it is high: cheap is green and expensive is red. Every coloured box carries the reason for its colour, the bar under it repeats the score as a width, and boxes with no data are not drawn.
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Climate and cost by city
Average monthly temperature and rainfall from Open-Meteo ERA5 (2019-2023 mean, CC BY 4.0). Sea surface temperature from Open-Meteo Marine. Price level from the World Bank ICP survey, same-year pairing, omitted where the survey does not cover the country.
Cost of living and lifestyle
Day to day, Argentina costs about 46% of the US level, on a World Bank income of $32k per person (PPP, 2025).
That percentage is measured against your country, not against ours. It follows the country picker in the header, or your account if you are signed in. With neither, it falls back to the United States, which is the 100 of the World Bank index, and the sentence says so.
World Bank ICP price level (US=100) and GNI per capita PPP, CC BY 4.0. It is a national average: a capital runs above it and a small town below it.
Getting to Argentina
Its main airport has non-stop service to 41 airports in the OpenFlights route database.
Airports and non-stop routes from OpenFlights (Open Database License). Fares and flight times are cached one-way economy prices from Travelpayouts, the cheapest seen recently rather than a live quote or an average. They move; treat them as an order of magnitude.
What to see in Argentina
Ordered by how many people looked each place up over the last twelve months, so the list is measured interest and not our taste.

mountain
Aconcagua
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mountain range
Andes
34,673 readers a month look it up

waterfall
Iguaçu Falls
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river
Río de la Plata
19,097 readers a month look it up

mountain
Ojos del Salado
12,392 readers a month look it up
UNESCOcave
Cueva de las Manos
8,338 readers a month look it up

mountain
Mount Fitz Roy
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river
Paraná River
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Photo credits
- Aconcagua: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Andes: Originally uploaded by JuWiki (Transferred by Grondemar), PUBLIC DOMAIN, via Wikimedia Commons
- Iguaçu Falls: Mariordo (Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz), CC BY SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Río de la Plata: Jacques Descloitres, MODISRapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC, PUBLIC DOMAIN, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ojos del Salado: Janne Corax, CC BY SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
- Cueva de las Manos: Mariano, PUBLIC DOMAIN, via Wikimedia Commons
- Mount Fitz Roy: Prissantenbär, PUBLIC DOMAIN, via Wikimedia Commons
- Paraná River: Nepenthes, CC BY SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The practical basics
- Local time…Argentina Time, America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires
- CurrencyARSISO 4217
- LanguagesSpanish
- PlugsC, I220/380 V 50 Hz
- UK travel adviceNo blanket warningFCDO, reviewed 2026-05-07
- Population45.9mWorld Bank
Currency codes ISO 4217; plugs and voltage from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); time zone and flag from the countries-states-cities database (ODbL 1.0); travel advice from the UK FCDO (Open Government Licence v3).
How many people visit
Argentina logged 7.4 million international arrivals in 2019, the last year the World Bank series covers.
World Bank indicator ST.INT.ARVL, international tourism arrivals, CC BY 4.0. Arrivals count trips, not people: the same visitor twice in a year counts twice.
Tax in Argentina, in one line
Personal income tax runs up to 35 per cent. Capital gains: 15% on securities and on real estate acquired from 2018; shares under an Argentine public offering are exempt.
Tax figures are compiled by us and are being re-verified against primary sources. General information, not tax advice.
Data: World Bank, Open-Meteo, M-Lab, Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, under open licences. General information, not tax or legal advice.