Mar del Plata
Mar del Plata
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About
Mar del Plata is a city of the Atlantic Coast, in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the seat of General Pueyrredón district. Mar del Plata is the second largest city in Buenos Aires Province. The name "Mar del Plata" is short for "Mar del Río de la Plata," and means "sea of the Río de la Plata basin" or "adjoining sea to the (River) Plate region." Mar del Plata is one of the major fishing ports and the biggest seaside beach resort in Argentina. With a population of 682,605 as per the 2022 census [INDEC], it is the 5th largest city in Argentina.
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The next week in Mar del 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
Drizzle
15° / 5°
UV Moderate
Sat
Drizzle
11° / 9°
3.3 mm
Sun
Drizzle
13° / 7°
Mon
Partly cloudy
15° / 6°
UV Moderate
Tue
Partly cloudy
15° / 8°
UV Moderate
Wed
Drizzle
12° / 11°
UV Moderate
Thu
Drizzle
12°
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
24° / 6°
Typical high / low
2 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
10.1h
07:42 – 17:49local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Mar del Plata
1 commercial airport within 100 km. Closest is Ástor Piazzola International Airport (MDQ) at 8 km.
Getting around Mar del 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
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
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- 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 →
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