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Best time to visit Mar del Plata
Argentina · Latin America
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in Mar del Plata
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- JanJMar del Plata in January: sweet spot, busy
- FebFMar del Plata in February: sweet spot, busy
- MarMMar del Plata in March: good
- AprAMar del Plata in April: sweet spot
- MayMMar del Plata in May: good
- JunJMar del Plata in June: ok
- JulJMar del Plata in July: ok
- AugAMar del Plata in August: good
- SepSMar del Plata in September: good
- OctOMar del Plata in October: sweet spot
- NovNMar del Plata in November: good, busy
- DecDMar del Plata in December: good, busy
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
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Things to do in Mar del Plata
- Villa Ortiz Basualdo Municipal museum in Mar del Plata, Argentina
- Mar del Plata Water Tower Water Tower in Mar del Plata, Argentina
- Bridge House House declared a National Historical Monument designed by Amancio Williams and Delfina Gálvez in Mar del Plata, Argentina
- Playa Bristol Beach in Mar del Plata, Argentina
- Mar del Plata Cathedral Cathedral in Argentina
- Mar del Plata Museum of the Sea Museum of marine biology and aquarium in Mar del Plata, Argentina
Tours and tickets in Mar del Plata
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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.
Month by month
| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Humidity | Sun h/day | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25° | 5d | 72% | 12.3h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Feb | 25° | 6d | 74% | 11.1h | sweet spot busy | holidays: AR: Carnival Monday |
| Mar | 23° | 7d | 77% | 10.0h | good | 23C max, 7 rainy days |
| Apr | 19° | 7d | 78% | 8.5h | sweet spot | 19C max, 7 rainy days |
| May | 16° | 5d | 78% | 7.2h | good | 16C max, 5 rainy days |
| Jun | 13° | 5d | 78% | 6.6h | ok | 13C max, 5 rainy days |
| Jul | 12° | 6d | 80% | 6.7h | ok | 12C max, 6 rainy days |
| Aug | 13° | 5d | 77% | 7.6h | good | 13C max, 5 rainy days |
| Sep | 15° | 5d | 77% | 8.6h | good | 15C max, 5 rainy days |
| Oct | 18° | 7d | 76% | 10.4h | sweet spot | 18C max, 7 rainy days |
| Nov | 21° | 8d | 75% | 11.2h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Dec | 23° | 7d | 72% | 12.2h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.
Weather read at Playa Bristol, the centre's beach, 8 km from the airport (MDQ): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.
A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.
How busy it gets
Then and now
No month in Mar del Plata is clearly warmer than in 1981–1990: the differences are inside the ordinary spread between one year and the next.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–90 | 24.9° | 24.4° | 22.1° | 18.9° | 15.5° | 12.3° | 11.8° | 13.1° | 14.4° | 17.4° | 20.4° | 22.8° |
| 2017–26 | 25.4° | 24.6° | 22.5° | 19.5° | 15.5° | 13.1° | 12.1° | 13.5° | 15.2° | 17.7° | 20.6° | 23.3° |
| Change | +0.4° | +0.2° | +0.5° | +0.6° | +0.0° | +0.7° | +0.3° | +0.4° | +0.8° | +0.4° | +0.1° | +0.5° |
The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.
Getting there
How far Mar del Plata is depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
- from Buenos Aires
- from Santiago
- from Sao Paulo
- from Rio de Janeiro
- from Lima
- from Bogota
- from Cape Town
- from Miami
Open in Rome2rio for every way from to Mar del Plata, flying or not.
Before you go
Type C and I plugs at 220 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Argentine convertible peso. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Global Affairs Canada: Exercise normal security precautions (with regional advisories). US State Department: Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions. Everything for Argentina: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.
Being there
On arrival
- Paying — Cards, now mostly contactless, are accepted by chains and many shops. Carry some pesos for small places and for restaurant tips, which are usually left in cash.
- UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
- Tipping — About 10% in restaurants, often left in cash even when paying by card; taxi drivers do not expect a tip.
Getting around Mar del Plata
- Apps — Rides: Cabify, DiDi, inDrive, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: WhatsApp.
Taxis are very cheap, around US$5 per 4 kilometers (year 2010) take into account that Argentina has +/- 20% annual inflation, prices change in ARS but remain the same in USD. Cab drivers are plentiful and pretty honest. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Mar del Plata, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Help
- Emergency — police 911 or 101 · ambulance 107 · fire 100.
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.
- Hospitals near Mar del Plataa search on Google Maps
- Pharmacies near Mar del Plataa search on Google Maps
Your embassy — : how to reach your embassy or consulate abroad. A guess from your city, : a city is not a passport.
Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 3 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.
Sources (16)
- gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/argentina/getting-help
- uber.com/global/en/cities/buenos-aires
- web.didiglobal.com/ar
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabify
- indrive.com/es-ar/city-rides
- emova.com.ar/index.php/medios-de-pago
- argentina.gob.ar/sube
- argentina.gob.ar/transporte/ya-podes-pagar-el-colectivo-con-tarjetas-de-debito-credito-o-qr-desde-el-celular-3
- en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Argentina
- en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Buenos_Aires
- infobip.com/blog/whatsapp-statistics
- soax.com/research/most-popular-messaging-apps
- developers.google.com/maps/coverage
- apple.com/ios/feature-availability
- pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2286608
- rbidocs.rbi.org.in/rdocs/AnnualReport/PDFs/09PAYMENT290526C6588B796E664822A2BD0DEB6452CAD4.PDF
Mar del Plata in pictures
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What Mar del Plata is like
Mar del Plata is on the southwest coast of the Argentinian sea. It is the second most touristic city in the country after Buenos Aires. You can go to Mar del Plata by plane, by bus, by train or by car. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth seeing
- The main activities are the port, fishing, tourism and textiles. The main activities in the port are fishing, oil ships and grains. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth doing
- Get to the beach early to beat the crowds, and once you are there do not be offended by the Argentinian tradition of kicking sand on your blanket and face :) Tango shows at Teatro Colón are fantastic and at only 15… More on Wikivoyage
- Getting in
- Astor Piazzolla International Airport (MDQ IATA). Aerolineas several times a day during the high season from a number of cities. Three trains daily arrive from Buenos Aires. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Mar del Plata, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.
Around Mar del Plata
Also in Argentina
- Bariloche best Jan, Nov, Dec
- Buenos Aires best Sep, Oct, Nov
- Iguazu Falls best Apr, Aug, Sep
- Mendoza best Apr, Sep, Oct
- Salta best Jul, Aug, Sep
- Ushuaia best Feb, Oct, Nov
Nearby
- Montevideo Uruguay · 365 km
- Valle Nevado Chile · 1,258 km
- Santiago Chile · 1,300 km
- Valparaíso Chile · 1,387 km
Kind of place
Mar del Plata is in Argentina, Latin America. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.
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