Buenos Aires · Argentina
December
Summer begins and the city heats up — festive energy before the January exodus, but temperatures are already challenging.
Worth considering
#12 of 12 months
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High
29°C
Low
20°C
Rain
112mm
Sun
9hrs/day
30-year climate normals · Open Meteo ERA5
How December scores in Buenos Aires
Weather
Average
Value
Average
Crowds
Average
Events
Good
Atmosphere
Good
What you gain in December
- ↑Christmas and New Year's celebrations in Buenos Aires are genuinely festive — the city's European character comes through in the decorations, parrilla dinners on Christmas Eve, and the NYE fireworks over the Río de la Plata from Puerto Madero
- ↑Long summer days with 9.0 sunshine hours; the city's beach culture reaches the artificial beaches of Costanera Norte and the boat day-trips to Tigre delta and the Paraná river islands
- ↑The city is at peak liveliness before the January evacuation — restaurants and bars are full in the first half of the month with porteños celebrating the end of the working year
What you sacrifice
- ↓The heat (29°C average with building humidity) makes daytime sightseeing progressively more taxing through the month; Buenos Aires in the second half of December is firmly summer and acts accordingly
- ↓Hotels prices are higher than winter or autumn in December — demand from local events and the year-end travel season pushes rates up
- ↓The restaurant and cultural closures that define January begin in the last week of December, as Buenos Aires begins its annual migration to the coast
How December compares to April (best month)
| Factor | December | April ★ |
|---|---|---|
| Weather | 4 | 9 |
| Value | 4 | 7 |
| Crowds | 4 | 7 |
December in other destinations
Lisbon (14.4°C)Barcelona (13.8°C)Tokyo (12°C)Bali (30.3°C)Santorini (14.5°C)Paris (6.9°C)New York (5.1°C)Marrakech (18.1°C)Amsterdam (6.4°C)Maldives (30°C)Rome (11.7°C)Bangkok (30.4°C)Istanbul (9.4°C)Vienna (3°C)Seoul (3.7°C)Dubrovnik (11.6°C)Rio de Janeiro (29.5°C)Kyoto (11.3°C)Phuket (31.8°C)Cape Town (25.6°C)Prague (3°C)Amalfi Coast (13°C)Mexico City (21°C)Medellín (28°C)Fiji (30°C)London (8°C)Sydney (26°C)Iceland (2°C)Tulum (28°C)Dubai (25°C)Singapore (30°C)Hoi An (24°C)Chiang Mai (27.5°C)Miami (25.6°C)Florence (9.8°C)Queenstown (21°C)Madrid (9.5°C)Porto (14°C)Edinburgh (7°C)Copenhagen (5°C)Budapest (5°C)Kraków (2°C)Tbilisi (7°C)Palawan (29°C)Hanoi (20°C)Osaka (11°C)Goa (32°C)Cusco (20°C)Mykonos (14°C)Zanzibar (31°C)Sri Lanka (30°C)Costa Rica (25°C)
Climate data: 30-year normals (1991–2020) from Open Meteo ERA5 reanalysis. Scores compare months within Buenos Aires, not across destinations. Methodology →