Argentina Practical Country Info
Time, road side, electricity, plugs, communications and standard country identifiers in one practical reference.
For Argentina, civil time is represented by America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires, traffic keeps to the right side, the listed mains supply is 230 V, the international calling code is +54, and the country-code domain is .ar.
Argentina time right now
Civil time reference
Argentina uses multiple IANA zones on this page: America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires, America/Argentina/Cordoba, America/Argentina/Salta, America/Argentina/Jujuy, America/Argentina/Tucuman, America/Argentina/Catamarca, America/Argentina/La_Rioja, America/Argentina/San_Juan, America/Argentina/Mendoza, America/Argentina/San_Luis, America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos, America/Argentina/Ushuaia.
Driving side
Right side traffic
Vehicles normally travel on the right side of the road in Argentina.
Electrical system
Mains electricity
Plug and socket types
Type I
2 angled flat pins with earth pin
How Argentina is identified internationally
For Argentina, measurement: This page uses SI (metric) units as the reference system for measurement comparisons. Everyday and sector-specific practice may also use other units.
Argentina practical data table
| Field | Argentina | Authority / basis |
|---|---|---|
| Time zone | America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires | IANA |
| Driving side | Right side | Cited road convention |
| Mains voltage | 230 V | Cited electrical reference |
| Commercial frequency | 50 Hz | Cited electrical reference |
| Calling code | +54 | ITU |
| ccTLD | .ar | IANA Root Zone |
| ISO alpha-2 | AR | ISO 3166 |
| ISO alpha-3 | ARG | ISO 3166 |
| ISO numeric | 032 | ISO 3166 |
| Measurement practice | This page uses SI (metric) units as the reference system for measurement comparisons. Everyday and sector-specific practice may also use other units. | Page methodology |
Sources & methodology
The source cards below document Argentina's cited practical-data fields, including calling code +54, ccTLD .ar, time-zone reference America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires, and identify the authority used for each claim.