Updated November 10, 2026. Indicative score. Weights: entertainment 11.73% (destinations and venues within 50 km); bars 3.73%; safety 15% with a penalty; water at country level; land price per m² = official source (ITBI, Terracap, registries, valuations) or listings with a caveat · coverage 100%
Buenos Aires has an indicative score of 7.17/10 in the World ranking of Onde Viver Bem, updated November 10, 2026. The strongest published variables are Airport (10.00), Culture (10.00) and Entertainment (10.00); the weakest are Safety (4.29), Bars (6.02) and Mild climate (6.30). The scores are indicative. Cost of living and the land price per m² are not part of the score. Some figures on this page are estimates and carry the “estimated” badge.
safety: incomplete definition (no undetermined-intent deaths); safety: feeling of safety at national level only (Gallup); estimated: safely managed water (basic access × regional ratio); estimated: air (PM2.5 without a station in the WHO database); estimated: land price per m² (apartment × ratio of comparable cities)
Land price per m²
US$ 394/m²estimated · range US$ 329–US$ 649
unofficial ESTIMATE: apartment (Numbeo) × land/apartment ratio of comparable cities · source
Note: ESTIMATE (not a measurement; UNOFFICIAL base): no land price collected. Land m² = apartment m² outside the centre (Numbeo, $1,929.55 ≈ US$ 1,930) × median land÷apartment ratio in 6 Spanish-speaking Latin American cities with a published land price (0.204) = US$ 394/m² (range US$ 329–649). Ratios: Mendoza 0.167, Santiago 0.228, Valparaíso 0.145, Bogotá 0.550, Medellín 0.180, Montevidéu 0.372.
Score breakdown
Each criterion's score, its weight in the total and the raw figure, linked to its source.
raw: 2.5 per 100k pop. · 40% violent deaths (log 30→0, 0.5→10 per 100k) + 30% city robbery ÷ country average (log 5×→0, 0.5×→10) + 30% share who feel safe at night (lin 30%→0, 95%→10); any part without data: weights renormalized
Composite safety: violent deaths 2.5 per 100k → 6.1 (weight 40%) · robbery 2.27× the country average (Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, 2024) → 3.4 (weight 30%) · 48.0% feel safe walking alone at night (Argentina (national), 2024) → 2.8 (weight 30%).
raw: 15.0 km · beach: distance log 5 km→10, 150 km→0; mountains: richness of nature leisure (mean of the top 3 of 4 counts, 50 km) × access (1 up to 15 km → 0 at 150 km, log), 0 with no relief; score = min(10, max(beach, mountains) + 0.3·min)
raw: 10.457 % withdrawal / available resources · average: stress log 100%→0, 10%→10; safe water lin 50%→0, 100%→10
Estimate: ESTIMATE (not a measurement): the World Bank/JMP does not publish the % using safely managed water for the country. Estimate = at least basic access (99.0%, World Bank 2016) × median safely-managed÷basic ratio in 17 Latin America & Caribbean countries with basic access ≥ 95% (0.702) = 69.6% (range 56.4–93.1%). Water stress: measured (World Bank).
raw: Average of two mapping sources, OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps (Overture count ÷ K, K = median Overture/OSM ratio across the 39 cities: 2.57 within 2 km, 3.41 in the municipality); each source: 50% log1p(count within 2 km), 1000→10 + 50% log1p(per 10k pop.), 30→10. Brazil: 50% of that score + 50% log1p(CNPJ per 10k pop. ÷ K), 30→10
raw: Average of two mapping sources, OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps (Overture count ÷ K, K = median Overture/OSM ratio across the 39 cities: 2.48 within 2 km, 3.20 in the municipality); each source: 50% log1p(count within 2 km), 500→10 + 50% log1p(per 10k pop.), 10→10. Brazil: 50% of that score + 50% log1p(CNPJ per 10k pop. ÷ K), 10→10
Estimate: ESTIMATE (not a measurement): no station in the WHO database. PM2.5 = CAMS 2024 (model, 7.14 µg/m³) × median WHO÷CAMS ratio in 9 Spanish-speaking Latin American cities (1.585) = 11.3 µg/m³ (range 10.2–12.5). Ratios: Santiago 0.88, Valparaíso 1.43, Bogotá 1.01, Medellín 1.47, Cuenca 1.65, Quito 2.37, Cidade do Panamá 1.76, pe-lima 2.11, Montevidéu 1.59. Cross-check: the latest measurement in the WHO database is from 2015 (10.3 µg/m³, 7 stations), too old to be used as data.
raw: 255.0 count of OSM objects · log1p(count), 150→10
The city
Buenos Aires, officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA), is the capital and largest city of Argentina. It lies on the south-western shore of the Río de la Plata and is ranked an alpha− global city in the 2024 GaWC ranking. The city proper has a population of 3.1 million, while its metropolitan area has 16.7 million, making it the 21st most populous metropolitan area in the world.
English rendering of the Portuguese Wikipedia summary linked below. Source: wikipedia_pt. Wikipedia revision 73079851 (2026-09-29T01:03:33Z).
Taxation
Property tax (predial / territorial / inmobiliario); no official local rate collected yet (we do not invent the figure). GAP: official local rate not collected in this round (nothing invented). AGIP CABA — Impuesto Inmobiliario / ABL (current rate table)
Frequently asked questions
What is the Onde Viver Bem score for Buenos Aires?
Buenos Aires has an indicative score of 7.17/10 in the World ranking, updated November 10, 2026. Cost of living is not part of the score.
What are the strengths and weaknesses of the score for Buenos Aires?
The strongest published variables are Airport (10.00), Culture (10.00) and Entertainment (10.00); the weakest are Safety (4.29), Bars (6.02) and Mild climate (6.30).
Does cost of living or the land price per m² enter the score?
No. Cost of living and the land price per m² appear on the page but are not part of the score. See the methodology.
How is the score calculated?
It is an indicative 0–10 quality-of-life index, with 13 variables and published weights. Safety has a 15% weight and, when local data exist, a lethal-violence penalty may cap the total. The full method is on the methodology page.
Are any figures on this page estimates?
Yes. Some values are documented estimates, labelled with the “estimated” badge in the technical notes. The method is explained in the Estimates section.
Informational content and indicative scores. This is not advice on investing, immigration, buying property or choosing a career. Every metric cites its source; cost of living is not part of the score.
