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The Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires
Buenos AiresThe Teatro Colón
Camelback Mountain above the city, Scottsdale
ScottsdaleCamelback Mountain above the city

Photos: Buenos Aires by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Scottsdale by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Buenos Aires or Scottsdale?

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 Buenos Aires for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Scottsdale for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Scottsdale’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. Buenos Aires 7, Scottsdale 8: Scottsdale leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Buenos Aires 75, Scottsdale 46: Buenos Aires leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Buenos Aires 71, Scottsdale 38: Buenos Aires leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Buenos Aires 95, Scottsdale 52: Buenos Aires leads by 43 points.
Nature & outdoors. Buenos Aires 38, Scottsdale 68: Scottsdale leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Buenos Aires 60, Scottsdale 50: Buenos Aires leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Buenos Aires 52, Scottsdale 60: Scottsdale leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Buenos Aires 62, Scottsdale 20: Buenos Aires leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Buenos Aires and Scottsdale are level on 60.
Affordability. Buenos Aires 55, Scottsdale 32: Buenos Aires leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Buenos Aires 75, Scottsdale 40: Buenos Aires leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Buenos Aires 28, Scottsdale 72: Scottsdale leads by 44 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Buenos Aires and Scottsdale.

Your match

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

Buenos Aires
Best match
57match

Wins on nightlife and getting around with your weighting.

Scottsdale
46match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Scottsdale in July

41 °Cdaytime high
29 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Buenos AiresScottsdale

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Buenos Aires: 1991-2020 normals, Aeroparque Bs. As. Aerodrome (4.9 km from centre). Scottsdale: 1991-2020 normals, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBuenos AiresScottsdale
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-7
Emergency number117 or 911911
Elevation25 m380 m
Main airportEzeiza International Airport - Ministro Pistarini (EZE)28 km from centre48 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)10 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBuenos AiresScottsdale
City population3,121,707241,361
People per km²15,355-
Museums within 10 km7610
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.