Best time to visit Mendoza
Argentina · Latin America
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in Mendoza
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- JanJMendoza in January: good, busy
- FebFMendoza in February: good, busy
- MarMMendoza in March: good, busy
- AprAMendoza in April: sweet spot
- MayMMendoza in May: good
- JunJMendoza in June: good
- JulJMendoza in July: good
- AugAMendoza in August: sweet spot
- SepSMendoza in September: sweet spot
- OctOMendoza in October: sweet spot
- NovNMendoza in November: good, busy
- DecDMendoza in December: good, busy
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
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Things to do in Mendoza
- Cerro de la Gloria Mountain in Argentina
- General San Martín Park Park in Mendoza, Argentina
- Mendoza Zoological Park Zoo in Argentina
- Our Lady of Loreto Cathedral, Mendoza Church in Mendoza, Argentina
- Plaza Chile Square in Mendoza, Argentina
Tours and tickets in Mendoza
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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
No fare history for this route yet, so this ranking is climate and crowds only — the price column will fill in as the scanner collects.
| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Humidity | Sun h/day | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31° | 2d | 41% | 12.6h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Feb | 29° | 2d | 46% | 11.7h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Mar | 26° | 3d | 51% | 10.5h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Apr | 21° | 3d | 57% | 9.5h | sweet spot | 21C max, 3 rainy days |
| May | 16° | 2d | 58% | 8.9h | good | 16C max, 2 rainy days |
| Jun | 13° | 1d | 57% | 8.4h | good | 13C max, 1 rainy day |
| Jul | 12° | 1d | 54% | 8.9h | good | 12C max, 1 rainy day |
| Aug | 16° | 2d | 43% | 9.7h | sweet spot | 16C max, 2 rainy days |
| Sep | 20° | 2d | 38% | 10.5h | sweet spot | 20C max, 2 rainy days |
| Oct | 24° | 3d | 35% | 11.8h | sweet spot | 24C max, 3 rainy days |
| Nov | 28° | 2d | 36% | 12.4h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Dec | 30° | 1d | 36% | 12.6h | 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 the centre (Plaza Independencia), 8 km from the airport (MDZ): 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
Mendoza's September days now average 20.1°C, 3.4°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 8 of 12 months are clearly warmer.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–90 | 27.5° | 26.8° | 23.4° | 19.4° | 15.9° | 12.5° | 11.8° | 14.7° | 16.7° | 21.7° | 24.9° | 27.2° |
| 2017–26 | 30.8° | 29.0° | 25.8° | 21.1° | 16.0° | 12.7° | 12.3° | 15.9° | 20.1° | 23.9° | 27.8° | 30.0° |
| Change | +3.3° | +2.2° | +2.3° | +1.7° | +0.1° | +0.2° | +0.5° | +1.2° | +3.4° | +2.2° | +3.0° | +2.8° |
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 Mendoza is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
- from Buenos Aires
- from Sao Paulo
- from Lima
- from Bogota
- from Miami
- from Mexico City
- from Tampa
- from Orlando
Open in Rome2rio for every way from to Mendoza, 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 Mendoza
- Apps — Rides: Cabify, DiDi, inDrive, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: WhatsApp.
Central Mendoza is relatively compact and walkable: for example, it's a 20- to 30-minute walk from Plaza Independencia to Parque San Martin. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Mendoza, 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.
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
Mendoza in pictures
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Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Itsmemarttin, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What Mendoza is like
Mendoza is a city in western Argentina, in the desert Cuyo region. Mendoza is the center of the Argentinian wine industry, for which it is world renowned. It is also near the Aconcagua, the highest mountain outside of the Himalayas. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth seeing
- Parque San Martín. This huge park is nice for walking or biking around. Mendocinans claim that the 420 hectare park is the biggest city park in South America. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth doing
- Many companies organize trekking, expeditions, horseback riding, and whitewater rafting in the desert and the mountains. Mountain cabins in areas with spectacular scenery are easily rentable in the city. More on Wikivoyage
- Getting in
- The large bus terminal is about 2 km east of the city centre. More on Wikivoyage
- Staying safe
- Be wary of scams, especially around the bus terminal. Occasionally foreigners will pretend to have been robbed and use your sympathy to "borrow" money for a bus ride. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Mendoza, 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 Mendoza
Also in Argentina
- Bariloche best Jan, Nov, Dec
- Buenos Aires best Jan, Mar, Nov
- Iguazu Falls best Apr, Aug, Sep
- Ushuaia best Feb, Oct, Nov
Nearby
- Valle Nevado Chile · 141 km
- Santiago Chile · 189 km
- Valparaíso Chile · 259 km
- San Pedro de Atacama Chile · 1,111 km
Kind of place
Mendoza is in Argentina, Latin America. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.
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