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Best neighborhoods in Buenos Aires and Argentina, rated

Lists of the best neighborhoods in Buenos Aires rank barrios. Here eighteen doors in six cities, three in each, go through one calculation.

Addresses we scored

Each row is one front door, not a district: the house across the railway would score differently.

ScoreAddressCityStrongestLoses to
90.9Everything on footearlier methodJuramento 2291, Buenos AiresBelgranoBuenos Aires Groceries PetsAir −0.9
88.3Most errands on footearlier methodJunín 1760, Buenos AiresRecoletaBuenos Aires Groceries Services nearbyNoise −5, Air −0.9
83.9Most errands on footearlier methodObispo Trejo 242, CórdobaCentroCórdoba Public transport Cafes and cultureNoise −4.6, Air −0.7
81.7Most errands on footearlier methodAv. Rivadavia 4800, Buenos AiresCaballitoBuenos Aires Groceries Cafes and cultureNoise −7.6, Air −0.9
80.3Most errands on footearlier methodBelgrano 800, CórdobaGüemesCórdoba Public transport HealthNoise −5.3, Air −0.7
79.4Most errands on footearlier methodCalle 17 n.º 1400, La PlataMeridiano VLa Plata Groceries Street networkAir −0.4
75.6Most errands on footearlier methodAv. San Martín 1143, MendozaCentroMendoza Groceries Cafes and cultureNoise −0.7, Air −0.5
74.0The basics on footearlier methodSalta 2500, RosarioPichinchaRosario Groceries Public transportNoise −4.7, Air −0.7
69.0The basics on footearlier methodPerito Moreno 72, Godoy CruzGodoy CruzMendoza Cafes and culture GroceriesNoise −5.7, Air −0.5, Industry −1.5
64.2The basics on footearlier methodGüemes 2800, Mar del PlataGüemesMar del Plata Groceries Street networkAir −0.2
60.5The basics on footearlier methodPlaza General Espejo, Chacras de CoriaChacras de CoriaMendoza Groceries Services nearbyAir −0.5
59.6Half on footearlier methodAv. Eva Perón 8000, RosarioFishertonRosario Street network GroceriesNoise −6.7, Air −0.7
56.0Half on footearlier method12 de Octubre 3200, Mar del PlataPuertoMar del Plata Groceries Street networkAir −0.2, Industry −0.3
55.4Half on footearlier methodJunín 501, RosarioPuerto NorteRosario Parks and sport Street networkAir −0.7
54.5Half on footearlier methodAv. Independencia 1000, Mar del PlataLa PerlaMar del Plata Cafes and culture Street networkNoise −7.6, Air −0.2
52.3Half on footearlier methodAv. Rafael Núñez 4000, CórdobaCerro de las RosasCórdoba Street network Public transportNoise −6.7, Air −0.7
45.9Half on footearlier methodCantilo 1500, City BellCity BellLa Plata Street network GroceriesAir −0.4
32.4Mostly by transportearlier methodAvenida 137 n.º 1500, Los HornosLos HornosLa Plata Street network Services nearbyNoise −4.7, Air −0.4

Here eighteen doors in six cities, three in each, go through one calculation.

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By city

How to read the table

The three addresses in each city sit in different barrios and all use the general profile. Open a row for the full report, change the profile, and add the address from your own listing beside it.

Palermo vs Recoleta, and where Belgrano fits

Most shortlists of the best neighborhoods in Buenos Aires to live in start with these three. They sit along the same northern corridor and share subte line D under Avenida Santa Fe and Avenida Cabildo. Palermo is the largest barrio in the city and is really several places. Soho and Hollywood have a cafe on most blocks and the late-night noise that comes with them. The big parks, the Bosques, lie on the far side of Avenida del Libertador, so from the middle of Soho they are a proper walk.

Recoleta is denser and older, with shops at street level on almost every block. For years its weak point was the subte, which only touched the edge at Santa Fe until line H reached Las Heras. Belgrano is quieter. Avenida Cabildo carries the shops and the subte, the Barrancas give it a park on a slope, and Belgrano R, with its houses and gardens, is calmer and further from line D.

Barrios outside the usual shortlist

Anyone after the most walkable neighborhoods in Buenos Aires should look past the three names. Caballito sits at the geographic center with line A under Avenida Rivadavia and two large parks, Rivadavia and Centenario. Villa Crespo borders Palermo and has line B along Corrientes.

Two names that turn up on lists of the best places to live in Buenos Aires look better on a postcard than on a daily errand. San Telmo has cobbled streets, narrow sidewalks and a Sunday fair that fills Calle Defensa. Puerto Madero is new, wide and green beside the ecological reserve, with no subte of its own and few everyday shops at street level. A Buenos Aires neighborhoods map draws tidy borders, and a Buenos Aires neighborhoods guide describes each barrio as one place; the rows of the table show how far apart two doors in one barrio can land.

What the table leaves out

Crime is not in the score. Searches for the safest neighborhoods in Buenos Aires need local advice and recent news, and articles on Buenos Aires neighborhoods to avoid go out of date quickly. Rents are left out as well.

Questions

Which Buenos Aires neighborhood ranks first?

The table ranks buildings. The top rows are addresses with the subte, food shops, a school and a plaza within a few minutes and no highway or railway alongside. Recoleta and Palermo have them, and so do Caballito and Villa Crespo.

What are the best places to live in Argentina for expats?

Most newcomers start in Buenos Aires, in Palermo, Recoleta or Belgrano, because services and transport are dense. Mendoza and Córdoba draw people who want a smaller city. A list of the best neighborhoods in Buenos Aires for expats gives you names; the rows here show what is within a walk of one door in each.

Why does Mar del Plata get credit for the ocean?

Water within a walk adds to the parks category, in proportion to the minutes it takes to reach a way down to the shore. Córdoba and Mendoza lose nothing for being inland.

Which are the best areas to live in Buenos Aires for a family?

Open a row and switch to the family profile: a school, a playground and a park become essential and the pace slows. Rows next to a school and a plaza move up, and bar streets move down.