La Plata
La Plata
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About
La Plata is the capital city of Buenos Aires province, Argentina. According to the 2022 census, the Partido has a population of 772,618 and its metropolitan area, the Greater La Plata, has 938,287 inhabitants. It is located 9 kilometers inland from the southern shore of the Río de la Plata estuary.
Wikipedia →Summary excerpted from the Wikipedia article La Plata, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text may be clipped or paraphrased to fit this page.
The next week in La Plata
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Overcast
16° / 4°
UV Moderate
Sat
Drizzle
14° / 9°
0.8 mm
UV Moderate
Sun
Overcast
13° / 5°
UV Moderate
Mon
Clear
14° / 4°
UV Moderate
Tue
Clear
16° / 6°
UV Moderate
Wed
Overcast
15° / 7°
UV Moderate
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
27° / 1°
Typical high / low
2 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
10.3h
07:38 – 17:57local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near La Plata
2 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Ezeiza International Airport - Ministro Pistarini (EZE) at 55 km.
Getting around La Plata
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Trenes ArgentinosB Metro
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.