20+ coworking spaces — a serious remote-work scene
Buenos Aires has around twenty established coworking spaces, concentrated in Palermo, Villa Crespo, and the Microcentro. Day passes start near USD 10 at the current peso rate, monthly hot desks from about USD 100. Most spaces include fiber WiFi, meeting room credits, and unlimited coffee. The nomad community here is large and active, so events — language exchanges, founder breakfasts, asado dinners — happen weekly.
Top 5 coworking spaces
AreaTres
4.6Malabia 851, Palermo, Buenos Aires
Urban Station
4.3Costa Rica 4899, Palermo Soho, Buenos Aires
Carlos Pellegrini 1163, Microcentro, Buenos Aires
La Maquinita Co.
4.5Av. Dorrego 1940, Palermo, Buenos Aires
Huerta Coworking
4.4Av. Scalabrini Ortiz 2835, Palermo, Buenos Aires
How to choose
For community and events: La Maquinita and AreaTres run regular events, in Spanish and English. Both skew toward founders and freelancers rather than corporate remote teams.
For budget: Huerta and Urban Station sit at the lower end — USD 100-115/month in Palermo. Pay-per-hour at Urban Station suits anyone who mostly works from home but wants 2-3 days a week of focused coworking.
For speed and reliability: WeWork Pellegrini runs symmetric fiber around 300 Mbps and has a proper UPS for Buenos Aires’ occasional power blips. Worth the premium if you’re on constant video calls.
For location: AreaTres and any La Maquinita branch put you in Palermo — walking distance to cafes, restaurants, and the nomad scene. WeWork Pellegrini in the Microcentro is better if you work with local clients or need Tribunales-area government offices.
Free alternatives
Buenos Aires has one of the best cafe-work scenes in South America. For the price of two cortados (USD 3-4 total) you can easily spend a morning at:
- Lattente (Palermo Soho) — 60 Mbps, plenty of outlets, specialty coffee
- Cafe Registrado (Palermo Hollywood) — long workbench tables, 50 Mbps, very laptop-tolerant
- Biblioteca Nacional (Recoleta) — free co-study rooms, quiet, reliable WiFi for research-heavy work
See the full list in the cafes guide. For power-outage contingency, keep a backup mobile data plan active.