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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
The Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires
Buenos AiresThe Teatro Colón

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Buenos Aires by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Austin or Buenos Aires?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Austin for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Austin’s own page.

Choose Buenos Aires for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Buenos Aires’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Austin 30, Buenos Aires 7: Austin leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Austin 66, Buenos Aires 75: Buenos Aires leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, Buenos Aires 71: Buenos Aires leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, Buenos Aires 95: Buenos Aires leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, Buenos Aires 38: Austin leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, Buenos Aires 60: Buenos Aires leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, Buenos Aires 52: Austin leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, Buenos Aires 62: Buenos Aires leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, Buenos Aires 60: Buenos Aires leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, Buenos Aires 55: Buenos Aires leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, Buenos Aires 75: Austin leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin 40, Buenos Aires 28: Austin leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Austin and Buenos Aires.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Austin
50match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Buenos Aires
Best match
57match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Austin in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Buenos Aires in July

15 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
13 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AustinBuenos Aires

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Austin: 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry/Austin City Asos (3.7 km from centre). Buenos Aires: 1991-2020 normals, Aeroparque Bs. As. Aerodrome (4.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinBuenos Aires
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number911117 or 911
Elevation149 m25 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsEzeiza International Airport - Ministro Pistarini (EZE)28 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAustinBuenos Aires
City population961,8553,121,707
People per km²1,21715,355
Museums within 10 km2176
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.