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Argentina / Latin America

Buenos Aires City Intelligence

Buenos Aires is a major Latin American capital with a deep cultural identity, dense walkable neighborhoods, and a vibrant creative and culinary scene. Buenos Aires is a latin america city of about 15.5M metro in Argentina. On the composite city-intelligence score, Buenos Aires sits around the indexed median (76/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
15.5M metro
View of Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Overall score

Buenos Aires is most useful for users comparing affordability, walkability, and cultural depth against currency volatility and infrastructure modernization needs.

Overall76/100
Affordability76/100
Air quality72/100
Energy70/100

Overall city intelligence

Good

76/100

Strong cultural and walkability profile balanced against macroeconomic volatility.

Walkability

Very high

Compact urban form supports car-light daily life.

Cultural depth

Very high

Music, theater, and culinary traditions shape daily life.

Buenos Aires data table

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Buenos Aires city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score76/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living76/100Buenos Aires offers favorable affordability for a major capital, with currency dynamics shaping international comparisons over time.
Air Quality72/100Buenos Aires has moderate-to-good baseline air quality, helped by coastal and river ventilation, with traffic the main pollutant focus.
Energy70/100Buenos Aires has solid grid reliability with growing renewable build-out at the national level and active building-efficiency activity.
Safety70/100Buenos Aires has mid-tier safety with neighborhood variation and property-related opportunistic risks the main day-to-day concern.
Internet Speed78/100Buenos Aires has solid fiber broadband and improving mobile coverage, supporting a growing remote-work and creative-industry presence.
Climate Risk72/100Buenos Aires carries moderate climate exposure from heat, intense rainfall, and river flood pressure, balanced by active adaptation programs.
Resilience72/100Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context.

Safety

Deterministic safety estimates from our index — planning signals derived from country priors and city data, not official crime statistics.

Safety

Overall safety43/100
Low crime44/100
Personal safety45/100
Night safety35/100
Road safety48/100

Buenos Aires scores below average for safety in our index (43/100); research neighborhoods and take standard precautions.

Quality of Life

A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.

Quality of Life

Quality of life59/100
Healthcare62/100
Education68/100
Green space45/100
Cleanliness52/100
Infrastructure66/100
Mobility64/100

Buenos Aires has a moderate quality-of-life estimate (59/100) across our combined indicators.

Family Friendliness

How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness55/100
Education68/100
Green space45/100
Overall safety43/100

Buenos Aires scores moderate for family living (55/100).

Digital Nomad Suitability

Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Digital nomad suitability67/100
Walkability81/100
Cycling62/100
Infrastructure66/100

Buenos Aires is moderate for remote workers (67/100), based on connectivity, affordability and walkability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability60/100
Healthcare62/100
Cleanliness52/100
Outdoor lifestyle31/100

Buenos Aires is moderate for retirement (60/100), appealing for affordability and a comfortable climate.

Emergency and public safety in Buenos Aires

Local public safety guidance for Buenos Aires, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.

Unverified

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Buenos Aires, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Argentina emergency profile, which currently lists no verified national contacts.

Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.

Healthcare and hospitals in Buenos Aires

Healthcare context for Buenos Aires, with national-level information from Argentina where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.

Unverified

For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Buenos Aires, see the Argentina healthcare profile, which currently lists no verified national healthcare information.

Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.

Transport and mobility in Buenos Aires

Local mobility context for Buenos Aires, with national-level context from Argentina where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.

Unverified

For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Buenos Aires, see the Argentina transport profile, which currently lists no verified national transport information.

Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.

Air quality dataset

Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Buenos Aires. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.

Air quality dataset for Buenos Aires

Verified data unavailableLast updated 2026-05-16 / data year 2025

Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location

Source-attributed values for Buenos Aires will appear here after the platform integrates verified measurements from accepted official publishers. Until then, structured air-quality module context remains available on the dedicated module page.

Buenos Aires air-quality dataset coverage
MetricValueData yearStatus
Air qualityVerified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location.

Data provenance

Source attribution

  • Global City Intelligence — air-quality dataset

    Verified data unavailable
    Publisher
    Global City Intelligence
    Last verified
    2026-05-16

    The air-quality dataset begins empty by design. Verified city-level measurements appear here only after they are sourced from accepted publishers (WHO, EEA, US EPA, OpenAQ, OECD, or official national/city environmental agencies).

Related comparisons

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Buenos Aires in city collections

Curated city collections that include Buenos Aires. Each is a comparison-oriented shortlist, not an official ranking.

Explore Buenos Aires modules

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Cost of Living in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires offers favorable affordability for a major capital, with currency dynamics shaping international comparisons over time.

Air Quality in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires has moderate-to-good baseline air quality, helped by coastal and river ventilation, with traffic the main pollutant focus.

Energy in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires has solid grid reliability with growing renewable build-out at the national level and active building-efficiency activity.

Safety in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires has mid-tier safety with neighborhood variation and property-related opportunistic risks the main day-to-day concern.

Internet Speed in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires has solid fiber broadband and improving mobile coverage, supporting a growing remote-work and creative-industry presence.

Climate Risk in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires carries moderate climate exposure from heat, intense rainfall, and river flood pressure, balanced by active adaptation programs.

City rankings

Compare this city against other indexed cities in crawlable ranking tables.

Cost of living in Buenos Aires

Cost of living estimates for Buenos Aires — monthly budgets, rent, food, and transport in the local currency, plus an affordability score for comparison. Planning estimates derived from country baselines, not live prices.

Climate in Buenos Aires

Climate profile for Buenos Aires — Humid Subtropical climate, annual average 20°C, comfort score 85/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Buenos Aires

Economy and jobs profile for Buenos Aires — tourism economy, economy score 62/100, key industries including tourism, government, hospitality. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Buenos Aires

Education profile for Buenos Aires — regional education center, education score 68/100, 7 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Healthcare and retirement in Buenos Aires

Healthcare and retirement profile for Buenos Aires — regional healthcare center, healthcare score 62/100, retirement score 64/100. Medical access, specialist and emergency care, affordability, and retirement suitability. Deterministic planning estimates.

Estimate a monthly budget for Buenos Aires

Estimate a monthly budget for Buenos Aires using your own housing, food, transport, healthcare, and lifestyle inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official cost-of-living measurement.

Plan a trip budget for Buenos Aires

Plan a trip budget for Buenos Aires using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.

Nearby cities from Buenos Aires

Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Buenos Aires. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.

Montevideo, Uruguay

Cross-border · about 203 km from Buenos Aires. Explore Montevideo's city intelligence profile.

Cordoba, Argentina

Same region · about 646 km from Buenos Aires. Explore Cordoba's city intelligence profile.

Santiago, Chile

Cross-border · about 1137 km from Buenos Aires. Explore Santiago's city intelligence profile.

Curitiba, Brazil

Cross-border · about 1344 km from Buenos Aires. Explore Curitiba's city intelligence profile.

Interpretation

Buenos Aires is most useful for users comparing affordability, walkability, and cultural depth against currency volatility and infrastructure modernization needs. Its standout dimensions are internet speed (78/100) and cost of living (76/100). The area most worth watching is safety (70/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 4 institutional references.

Country context is available on the Argentina country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Buenos Aires appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.

Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.

Sources

4 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.