🇦🇷 Argentina
Salta
Salta is the capital and largest city in the Argentine province of the same name. With a population of 627,704 according to the 2022 census, it is also the 7th most-populous city in Argentina. The city serves as the cultural and economic center of the Valle de Lerma Metropolitan Area, which is home to over 50.9% of the population of Salta Province and also includes the municipalities of La Caldera, Vaqueros, Campo Quijano, Rosario de Lerma, Cerrillos, La Merced and San Lorenzo. Salta is the seat of the Capital Department, the most populous department in the province.
- Country
- 🇦🇷 Argentina
- Elevation
- 1,178 m
- Population
- 520,683
- Time zone
- America/Argentina/Salta
- Coordinates
- -24.81, -65.42
Weather in Salta month by month
The best months to go: Aug · Sep · Oct
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| high | 26° | 24° | 23° | 21° | 18° | 17° | 18° | 21° | 23° | 25° | 27° | 26° |
| low | 16° | 15° | 14° | 12° | 7° | 4° | 4° | 5° | 8° | 11° | 14° | 15° |
| rain | 262 mm | 245 mm | 231 mm | 137 mm | 35 mm | 16 mm | 7 mm | 2 mm | 21 mm | 48 mm | 121 mm | 221 mm |
2019–2023 average (ERA5, Open-Meteo). Monthly rainfall total.
How far Salta is from other cities in Argentina
- San Salvador de Jujuy69 km✈ 50 min · 🚗 1 h 9 min
- San Miguel de Tucumán224 km✈ 1 h 1 min · 🚗 3 h 44 min
- Santiago del Estero352 km✈ 1 h 11 min · 🚗 5 h 52 min
- Resistencia707 km✈ 1 h 37 min · 🚗 11 h 47 min
- Corrientes721 km✈ 1 h 38 min · 🚗 12 h 1 min
- Córdoba744 km✈ 1 h 39 min · 🚗 12 h 24 min
- Santa Fe890 km✈ 1 h 50 min · 🚗 14 h 50 min
- Mendoza959 km✈ 1 h 55 min · 🚗 15 h 59 min
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