Two things that decide a short trip and no guide can answer for you: how much daylight there is on the dates you are looking at, and how much free time your inbound and outbound flights really leave you.
The longest day is in December — 14 h 27 min of daylight — and the shortest in June, with 9 h 51 min. That is a 4 h 36 min swing between them.
Tell us when you arrive and when you leave. We will tell you how many hours you really get to enjoy the city, day by day, once the transfers and your own breaks are set aside.
These are free hours, not a list of sights. We do not know your flight, the queues, opening times or how long it takes to get from one place to another.
Sunrise and sunset in Buenos Aires, on its own clock and with the seasonal time change already applied. It is what decides how much fits into a day, and it swings far more than people expect.
4–5 days in March / April / May / September / October / November come to roughly 41 h 20 min to 69 h 35 min of daylight, depending on the month you pick and how long you stay.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 05:56 | 20:09 | 14 h 13 min |
| February | 06:27 | 19:47 | 13 h 20 min |
| March | 06:52 | 19:12 | 12 h 20 min |
| April | 07:16 | 18:30 | 11 h 14 min |
| May | 07:39 | 17:59 | 10 h 20 min |
| June | 07:58 | 17:49 | 9 h 51 min |
| July | 07:58 | 18:00 | 10 h 2 min |
| August | 07:33 | 18:22 | 10 h 48 min |
| September | 06:53 | 18:44 | 11 h 51 min |
| October | 06:11 | 19:06 | 12 h 55 min |
| November | 05:40 | 19:35 | 13 h 55 min |
| December | 05:34 | 20:02 | 14 h 27 min |
Worked out for Buenos Aires from its position and its time zone (America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires). The times are approximate — the sun shifts a couple of minutes from one year to the next — and they leave out twilight, which adds some light before and after. Each month is worked out from its 15th, the day that looks most like the month as a whole.
Rank what matters most to you, from one to three things, and tick anything you want to avoid. We compare the areas the guide describes and explain why each one fits, catch included.
It sorts what the guide says; it does not score neighbourhoods. It does not look at hotels, today’s prices, safety or accessibility, and it only knows the areas the guide describes.
Every rating comes from what the guide’s table says in words, and the sentence is shown next to it. What the guide does not say is not scored.
Who each one is for and what the catch is, in the guide’s own words.
The best base: restaurants, bars, parks and a young atmosphere.
The catch: It is large: twenty minutes to the centre, and it can be noisy at night.
Quiet, French-influenced architecture, museums and the cemetery next door.
The catch: More formal and with less street life at night than Palermo.
Old-world atmosphere, cobbles, antique shops and the Sunday market.
The catch: Some streets are run down and warrant more care at night.
Low prices and all the administrative heritage at hand.
The catch: It empties completely at weekends and at night.
New hotels, a waterside promenade and a feeling of safety.
The catch: Expensive, artificial and with no neighbourhood life.
Give it the days you have just worked out and Joru builds the whole trip: what to see each day, in what order, and how long it takes to get between them. With real places and real forecasts, not invented ones.
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