Buenos Aires is 2 hours ahead of New York during Eastern Standard Time. New York uses EST (UTC-5) while Buenos Aires uses Argentina Time (ART, UTC-3). When it's 12:00 PM in New York, it's 2:00 PM in Buenos Aires.
During New York's daylight saving time (March to November), the difference reduces to 1 hour as New York moves to UTC-4. Argentina does not observe daylight saving time.
Best calling time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM New York time. This corresponds to 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM in Buenos Aires (or 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM during EDT).
Buenos Aires is South America's second-largest city and Argentina's cultural and economic center. Many US companies have Latin American headquarters there. Direct flights take about 11 hours.