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Triplandio Salta guide covers 3 travel guides across 8 areas, complete with hotel picks. Explore 12 self-guided walking tours in Salta with 73 POI, spanning 39.6 km in total. Get inspired by 4 local dishes, complete with recipes and our unique Food Flavour DNA graph.
Salta
City & Country Data Argentina (Salta)
Key travel data for Salta — cost of living, safety, healthcare, local currency and essentials, curated by Triplandio.
🌍 Argentina
Cost
HIGH
Safety
66
Health
60
Lifestyle
68
Infra
50
Rank
#56
Score
43
Tourists
7.4M/y
GDP/cap
$14.9k
Life Exp
77.5 yrs
Population
45.9M
Currency
ARS $
Language
Spanish
Payments
Cards OK
Emergency
911
💰 Prices in Salta
Coffee
$2.03
Beer
$2.10
Lunch
$8.00
Groceries
$35.00/w
Taxi/km
$1.00
Transit
$0.50
Fuel
$1.00/l
Internet
$50.00/m
Salary
$727/m
Best time to visit Salta (Argentina)
Now (September) avg: 19°C, mostly dry, full season — expect crowds. Best months to walk: Aug & Sep.
Live Temp
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~Day / Night Temp
26°C / 13°C
Sunrise / Sunset
7:05 / 19:17
Local time
19:21
Best Months 
Aug & Sep
Aug & Sep
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Jan
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Feb
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Mar
A
Apr
M
May
J
Jun
J
Jul
A
Aug
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Sep
O
Oct
N
Nov
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Dec
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Sep
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Oct
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Temperature
Average night-low temperature, month by month. Zero line marks freezing point.
Crowds
How busy it gets — traveller interest by month.
Rainfall
Rainy days to expect each month.
Sunshine
Hours of sun per day, by month.
Fresh corn, onion, and cheese are cooked into a soft mixture and steamed in husks. A sweet-savory beef stew combining squash, corn, potato, and dried fruit. A thick stew of white corn, beans, squash, pork, and beef served with spicy sauce. A seasoned cornmeal parcel filled with beef and wrapped in a corn husk.
Traditional Local Food
Salta (Argentina)
Main course
Vegetarian
Humita en Chala
oo-MEE-tah en CHAH-lah
· Fresh corn husk pudding
Main course
Meat
Salteña Carbonada
Carbonada salteña
kar-boh-NAH-dah sal-TEH-nyah
· Beef stew with squash
Soup
Meat
Salteño Locro
Locro salteño
LOH-kroh sal-TEH-nyoh
· Andean hominy meat stew
Starter
Meat
Salteño Tamal
Tamal salteño
tah-MAHL sal-TEH-nyoh
· Corn dough beef parcel
