LDS Missions in Argentina

There are currently 14 active LDS missions based in Argentina, in 11 cities across 10 regions. Some cities carry more than one: Buenos Aires (4). Those cities are spread about 1,000 km (600 miles) from Mendoza in the west to Buenos Aires in the east and about 2,350 km (1,450 miles) from Salta in the north to Comodoro Rivadavia in the south.

4 missions are based in the national capital, Buenos Aires. Every mission city is south of the equator, so the calendar seasons run the opposite way to the northern hemisphere: December to February is summer and June to August is winter. Mission cities range from near sea level at Bahía Blanca (20 m / 66 ft) to Salta at 1,054 m (3,458 ft).

Missionaries serve across areas set by their mission, which can reach well beyond the city the mission is based in, and they are transferred between those areas during a mission.

Mission cities in Argentina fall into 5 Köppen climate classes, so conditions are not the same across the country.

The most common are humid subtropical (Cfa), covering 8 missions including Bahía Blanca and Buenos Aires, cold semi-arid (BSk), covering 2 missions including Comodoro Rivadavia and Neuquén and monsoon-influenced humid subtropical (Cwa), covering 2 missions including Córdoba and Tucumán.

Across those cities, the warmest monthly average high is 33 °C (91 °F) in Resistencia during January, and the coolest monthly average low is 0 °C (31 °F) in Mendoza during July.