Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Climate
Mendoza is crowned by a cloudless azure sky
nearly 360 days a year. Summers are hot and
dry with daytime temperatures reaching well
into the 90s. Nevertheless, you may need a
sweater for the early morning hours and eve-
nings when temperatures are sharply cooler.
Winters are mild with temperatures normally
in the 40s. Cold snowy days, though rare, are
not unheard of. Rainstorms are few and far
between, although thunder and hail storms are
common during the summer. The little rain
that does fall is collected in the irrigation chan-
nels which run throughout the city. The climate
is decidedly cooler in the higher elevations
where there are frequent winter snows. The
Zonda Wind
, common to areas of high temper-
atures and scarce humidity, frequently blows
across Mendoza.
Getting There
By Plane: Aerolíneas Argentinas
and
Aus-
tral
offer several flights daily to Mendoza from
Buenos Aires and other cities across the coun-
try. If you're traveling to Mendoza from outside
Argentina, you will probably have to catch a
connecting flight in Buenos Aires.
By Car:
National Route 40, which bisects
Argentina from north to south, passes through
Mendoza. National Route 7, which starts in
Buenos Aires and finishes at the Cristo
