Living in Argentina

Climate

Climate in Argentina:

Argentina´s Continental Area offers a large latitudinal development (from 21º46´up to 55º58´) and as a consequence of this the different types of climates from tropical in the North to cold in the South.

• Warm Climate:
North-east angle. The dominant winds comes from North, Northeast and east.

• Mild Climates:
Center. Because of the amount and distribution of rain we can separate the climate in two different types: Humid Mild in the east, a wide area of transition to arid in the west.. The average temperature is 15ºC (59ºF)

• Cold Climate:
South-west area. It’s characterized by an average temperature of about 7ºC (44.6ºF) that changes depending on the altitude.

• Arid Climate:
Diagonal narrow area from North-west to South-east. . It presents 4 different types according to altitude and latitude. The main characteristics are poor rain and an average temperature of about 15 -10ºC (59-50ºF)

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