Buenos Aires

The European city in South America — late nights, world-class steak, and a value story that's quietly changed.

Buenos Aires photo
Monthly cost
CHF 1'500
Wifi (median)
100 Mbps
Time zone
−4h vs Switzerland
Visa (Swiss passport)
90 days visa-free
Best months
  • Oct
  • Nov
  • Mar
  • Apr

Buenos Aires reads more like a European capital than anywhere else in Latin America — wide boulevards, leafy plazas, café culture you can park yourself in for hours, and a city that genuinely runs late. Dinners often start at 21:00, drinks after, and staying out late is completely normal. Palermo Soho and Palermo Hollywood are the nomad neighbourhoods — amazing cafés, easy to work remotely from, alive nomad scene. Recoleta and San Telmo are the more historic alternatives. Steak and Malbec live up to the cliché. Important context that's changed: Buenos Aires used to be a nomad bargain thanks to the "dollar blue" parallel exchange rate — bringing in CHF or USD gave you outsized purchasing power. Since the Milei presidency that gap has almost vanished, the city has become materially more expensive in real terms, and nomad activity has dropped accordingly. It's still one of my favourite cities on this list — European urbanism, Latin culture, and a genuinely international vibe that's rare in LatAm — but the value-play angle is gone. Trade-off: it's a huge city, hard to escape into nature or do a quick daytrip. Avoid June–August (Argentine winter, cold and grey).