Argentina Airbnb & Short-Term Rental Regulations 2026
LawfulStay tracks short-term rental (STR / Airbnb / Vrbo / holiday let / vacation rental) regulations for 121 cities and regions in Argentina. Select a location below for current permit requirements, tax obligations, and compliance details.
Argentina at a glance
- Places tracked
- 121 places: 23 active, 98 conditional
- Licence or registration
- Required in 111 of 120 places
- Tax on stays
- Applies in 118 of 120 places
- National law
- No single national short-term rental law or registry. National rules ›
Argentina short-term rental questions
Are short-term rentals legal in Argentina?
In all 121 places we track in Argentina, short-term rentals are allowed, 98 of them with permit conditions or limits.
Do I need a licence for a short-term rental in Argentina?
111 of 120 places we track in Argentina require a licence, permit or registration. Check your city's page for its rules.
Is there a national short-term rental law in Argentina?
No single national short-term rental law or registry.
Regions in Argentina
Argentina Airbnb & Vacation Rental Regulation Overview
The short-term rental regulatory landscape in Argentina encompasses 121 tracked jurisdictions: 23 with active regulations, 98 where rentals are allowed with conditions. Hosts operating on platforms like Airbnb, VRBO, and Booking.com should verify local requirements before listing, as rules vary significantly between cities and regions.
111 of 121 tracked jurisdictions in Argentina require some form of permit, license, or registration for short-term rental operations. Requirements range from simple online registration to comprehensive permit applications with inspections.
Tax obligations apply in 119 of 121 jurisdictions. Common taxes include occupancy taxes, tourist levies, and sales taxes. Many jurisdictions require hosts to register for tax collection, and some platforms like Airbnb collect and remit taxes automatically in select locations.
LawfulStay monitors Argentina STR regulations daily and updates this page as rules change. Each city page includes detailed permit requirements, fee schedules, tax rates, zoning rules, and penalty information sourced from official government websites.
Almirante Brown
No Almirante Brown ordinance on holiday rentals was found
Avellaneda
Avellaneda has no ordinance written for holiday rentals
AzulBuenos Aires
Azul has no holiday-rental ordinance of its own, but Buenos Aires Province requires a municipal habilitación and provincial registration for tourist rentals of 1 to 90 nights, and the number must appear on platforms
Bahía BlancaBuenos Aires
Bahía Blanca has no ordinance of its own on holiday rentals
BanfieldBuenos Aires
Lomas de Zamora rules apply: Banfield is part of Lomas de Zamora
BarilocheRío Negro Province
Bariloche requires a municipal Habilitación Turística for every rental house or apartment (Ordenanza 1526-CM-05, amended by 2723-CM-16)
Bella Vista
San Miguel rules apply: Bella Vista is part of San Miguel
BerazateguiBuenos Aires
Berazategui has no ordinance written for holiday rentals
BerissoBuenos Aires
Berisso created a municipal register for furnished homes rented to tourists for 1 night to 6 months in 2022, with a 10% municipal tax discount for those who join, but no implementing regulation was found
BurzacoBuenos Aires
Almirante Brown rules apply: Burzaco is part of Almirante Brown
Caleta OliviaSanta Cruz
Caleta Olivia has no holiday-rental ordinance, but Santa Cruz's tourism law covers houses and flats rented by the day: they must be classified and entered in the provincial tourism register, and the city must grant a…
CampanaBuenos Aires
Campana has no ordinance written for holiday rentals
CastelarBuenos Aires
Morón rules apply: Castelar is part of Morón
CatamarcaCatamarca
Catamarca Province regulates tourist rentals of 1 night to 3 months (in force June 2024)
ChimbasSan Juan
Chimbas, in Gran San Juan, has no tourist-rental ordinance that we could find
ChivilcoyBuenos Aires
Chivilcoy has no ordinance of its own on holiday rentals
CipollettiRio Negro
Since 2023 Cipolletti requires every home rented to tourists for 1 night to 3 months to be on a free city register (Ordenanza 499/23)
Ciudad de Las HerasMendoza
Las Heras has no tourist-rental ordinance of its own
Colón
Colón (Entre Ríos) charges every tourist lodging, including rented houses and cabins, a yearly tourism habilitación fee (Ordenanza 59/2021) and inspects lodgings for a current sticker, insurance and safety gear. 2027…
Comodoro RivadaviaChubut
Comodoro Rivadavia has no rental ordinance of its own, but Chubut's tourism law applies: every holiday rental must be habilitated and entered in the provincial tourism register, show its number in every ad, and…
Concepción del UruguayEntre Rios
Concepción del Uruguay has no tourist-rental ordinance of its own
ConcordiaEntre Rios
Concordia (Entre Ríos) has required since 2008 that every house, flat, studio or room rented to tourists be inspected and habilitated by the city each year, with a sticker on the door and the habilitación number in…
Don TorcuatoBuenos Aires
Tigre rules apply: Don Torcuato is part of Tigre
El PalomarBuenos Aires
Morón rules apply: El Palomar is part of Morón
EldoradoMisiones
Eldorado has no rule of its own on holiday rentals
EnsenadaBuenos Aires
Ensenada has no ordinance written for holiday rentals, but every activity needs a municipal habilitación, and Buenos Aires Province requires tourist rentals of 1 to 90 nights to hold one and be registered provincially
EzeizaBuenos Aires
Ezeiza, home of the international airport, has no ordinance written for holiday rentals
General PicoLa Pampa
General Pico treats flats and houses rented to tourists as a lodging business that needs a municipal habilitación, with fees based on floor area and fines (55 to 142 U.F.) for operating without one
General Roca
In April 2026 General Roca replaced its 2008 rule with Ordenanza 5086: houses and flats rented to tourists must be habilitated by the city and entered in its Registro Único, pay the charges in the tariff ordinance and…
GualeguaychúEntre Rios
Gualeguaychú (Entre Ríos) requires every tourist house or flat to be registered and habilitated by the city each year under Ordenanza 12.163/2017, with a sticker on the front
HurlinghamBuenos Aires
Hurlingham has no ordinance written for holiday rentals
Isidro CasanovaBuenos Aires
La Matanza rules apply: Isidro Casanova is part of La Matanza
José C. PazBuenos Aires
José C
Junín
Junín regulates holiday houses and flats under Ordenanza 7496 (2019): they need a municipal habilitación, a zoning check and entry in the city's tourist-lodging register, and the city can close unregistered ones
La Matanza
La Matanza has no ordinance written for holiday rentals
La PlataBuenos Aires
La Plata has its own register (RILT, Ordenanza 12.028, in force since January 2021, opened November 2022): every rental of 1 night to 3 months needs a CUILT code, and platforms must block listings without one
La RiojaLa Rioja
La Rioja Province requires tourist lodging, including 'Casas y/o Departamentos Turísticos', to be authorised and registered with the provincial Secretaría de Turismo after getting a municipal habilitación
LaferrereBuenos Aires
La Matanza rules apply: Laferrere is part of La Matanza
LanúsBuenos Aires
Lanús has no ordinance written for holiday rentals, but its new Habilitaciones Code (in force 1 January 2026) requires a municipal habilitación for any economic activity, and Buenos Aires Province…
Lomas de ZamoraBuenos Aires
Lomas de Zamora has no ordinance written for holiday rentals, but its 2026 fiscal ordinance requires a habilitación before any service activity starts, and Buenos Aires Province requires provincial…
Los PolvorinesBuenos Aires
Malvinas Argentinas rules apply: Los Polvorines is part of Malvinas Argentinas
Luján
Luján has no ordinance of its own on holiday rentals
Malvinas ArgentinasCordoba
Malvinas Argentinas has no ordinance written for holiday rentals, but its tax ordinance charges lodging per room: in 2025 a habilitación for 'hosterías, alojamientos' cost ARS 147,420 per room and Seguridad e Higiene…
Mar del PlataBuenos Aires
Mar del Plata hosts fall under Buenos Aires Province rules: since September 2024, tourist rentals of houses or apartments (1 to 90 nights) must be registered in the provincial Registro de Hotelería y Afines after…
Mar del TuyúBuenos Aires
Mar del Tuyú is the seat of the Partido de La Costa
MendozaMendoza
Mendoza province requires tourist rentals of under 60 days to be registered as Propiedades de Alquiler Temporario with the provincial tourism body (now EMETUR), after municipal…
Mercedes
Mercedes (Buenos Aires Province) has its own tourist-lodging register: since 2023 every place that rents to tourists, even a single unit, must enrol with the municipality, hold a habilitación and renew it every two…
Merlo
Merlo (Buenos Aires Province) has no ordinance of its own on holiday rentals found online
Monte ChingoloBuenos Aires
Lanús rules apply: Monte Chingolo is part of Lanús
MorenoBuenos Aires
Moreno has no ordinance written for holiday rentals, but its 2026 tax ordinance taxes 'hospedaje temporal' at 6 to 10 per mille of monthly sales with a minimum of ARS 5,597 per room, and any commercial…
MorónBuenos Aires
No Morón ordinance on holiday rentals was found
NecocheaBuenos Aires
Necochea has no ordinance of its own on holiday rentals
NeuquénNeuquen
Allowed, but an authority can refuse the permit.
OberáMisiones
Oberá has a municipal Registro Único de Alojamientos (Ordenanza 2872, 2020): anyone offering overnight lodging must get a municipal habilitación and be registered before operating, or face fines or closure
OlavarríaBuenos Aires
Olavarría has no ordinance of its own on holiday rentals
ParanáEntre Rios
Paraná's Ordenanza 10.212 (December 2024) creates a mandatory municipal register (RATT) for tourist rentals of 1 night to 3 months with up to 10 places
PergaminoBuenos Aires
Pergamino has no ordinance of its own on holiday rentals
Pilar
Pilar has no ordinance written for holiday rentals, but its 2026 tax ordinance prices a municipal habilitación for houses and flats used as tourist lodging, and Buenos Aires Province requires provincial…
PlottierNeuquen
Plottier has no short-term rental ordinance of its own
PosadasMisiones
In Posadas, tourist rentals of 1 night to 3 months fall they must be categorised and registered with the provincial Ministry of Tourism after inspection and municipal…
Puerto MadrynChubut
Puerto Madryn requires every holiday rental to be in the city's tourism-provider register and to hold a municipal commercial habilitación (Ordenanza 12.817, 2022), and Chubut requires provincial registration and…
Punta AltaBuenos Aires
Coronel Rosales (Punta Alta and the beach town of Pehuén Co) makes every tourist lodging, including a single private house, register with the municipality through the commercial habilitación, with inspections and a…
QuilmesBuenos Aires
Quilmes has no ordinance written for holiday rentals, but its 2026 tax code taxes 'hospedaje temporal' at up to 2% of monthly income, and a municipal habilitación, granted by decree after inspection, is…
Rawson
Rawson (San Juan) requires every home advertised for daily or temporary rental to be habilitated and registered with the municipality
ReconquistaSanta Fe
Reconquista (Santa Fe) has a municipal register for houses and flats rented for 1 night to 3 months: each unit is inspected and habilitated, renewed yearly, and marked with a municipal…
Remedios de Escalada de San MartínBuenos Aires
Lanús rules apply: Remedios de Escalada de San Martín is part of Lanús
ResistenciaChaco
In Resistencia a holiday rental needs the city's commercial habilitación
RosarioSanta Fe
Rosario regulates tourist rentals of 1 night to 180 days under Ordenanza 10.138 (2020), in force since mid-2021
Río GallegosSanta Cruz
In Río Gallegos, a holiday flat or house falls under Santa Cruz's tourism law: it must be classified as a 'Casa y/o Departamento de Alquiler Temporario' and entered in the provincial tourism register, then get a…
Río GrandeTierra del Fuego
Río Grande has no rental ordinance of its own, but Tierra del Fuego's rules apply: a house or flat let to tourists (CAT/DAT) needs InFueTur's tourist-fitness certificate and inspection and a municipal commercial…
SaltaSalta
Salta province requires tourist rental homes to be registered with the provincial Ministry of Tourism and Sports, with municipal habilitation, a safety and hygiene report and civil liability insurance
San JuanSan Juan
San Juan's 2022 tourism law expressly covers people renting their private homes to tourists, including through Airbnb-type platforms: they must register with the province and get the required habilitación…
San Justo
La Matanza rules apply: San Justo is part of La Matanza
San LuisSan Luis
San Luis Province requires all lodging, including flats ('Departamentos'), to be entered in its free online Registro Provincial de Alojamiento Turístico (Ley V-0517-2006), with a municipal habilitación first
San Martín
General San Martín (eastern Mendoza) has no ordinance of its own on holiday rentals
San Miguel
San Miguel (Buenos Aires) has no ordinance written for holiday rentals
San Miguel de TucumánTucuman
San Miguel de Tucumán has no city short-term rental ordinance found; the provincial EATT regulation applies
San Nicolás de los ArroyosBuenos Aires
San Nicolás has no ordinance of its own on holiday rentals
San Pedro de JujuyJujuy
San Pedro de Jujuy has no tourist-rental ordinance of its own
San RafaelMendoza
San Rafael has no short-term-rental ordinance of its own
San Ramón de la Nueva OránSalta
Orán has no tourist-rental ordinance of its own
San Salvador de JujuyJujuy
In Jujuy, tourist rentals fall under the provincial lodging law: a house or flat must be classified and registered with the province as an 'Establecimiento de Alquiler Turístico' (since 2025 a single unit…
San Vicente
San Vicente has no ordinance of its own on holiday rentals
Santa FeSanta Fe
Santa Fe city regulates tourist rentals of 1 night to 3 months under Ordenanza 12.731 (2020)
Santa Lucía
Santa Lucía (Gran San Juan) has no ordinance of its own on holiday rentals
Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa has no holiday-rental ordinance of its own, but La Pampa requires flats and houses rented to tourists to pass a provincial inspection and be registered before operating, and the city will not license you…
SarandíBuenos Aires
Avellaneda rules apply: Sarandí is part of Avellaneda
TandilBuenos Aires
Tandil regulates holiday flats and houses as 'alojamiento extrahotelero' under Ordenanza 18.879 (2025): each needs a municipal habilitación with inspections, a fire-brigade certificate, insurance and a guest register
TartagalSalta
Tartagal has no tourist-rental ordinance of its own
TigreBuenos Aires
No Tigre ordinance written for holiday rentals was confirmed
TrelewChubut
Trelew has no holiday-rental ordinance of its own, but in 2024 it adopted Chubut's tourism law in full: every holiday rental must be habilitated and entered in the provincial tourism register, show its number in every…
Tres ArroyosBuenos Aires
Tres Arroyos (including Claromecó and Reta) has had a tourist-rental-home ordinance since 2011: homes must meet minimum safety and equipment standards, are inspected and graded, and are listed free in a municipal…
UshuaiaTierra del Fuego
In Tierra del Fuego (Ushuaia), a home rented as a temporary tourist rental needs InFueTur's apto turístico
Villa Carlos PazCordoba
Villa Carlos Paz requires every tourist-rental unit, even a single flat, to be registered with the city before it is offered
Villa MaríaCordoba
Villa María (Córdoba) has regulated short-term rentals since May 2025 (Ordenanza 8.202): every furnished unit rented from 1 night to 3 months must be habilitated, inspected and listed in a municipal register, with an…
Villa Mercedes
San Luis Province requires all lodging, including flats ('Departamentos'), to be entered in its free online Registro Provincial de Alojamiento Turístico (Ley V-0517-2006), with a municipal habilitación first
Yerba BuenaTucuman
Yerba Buena has no tourist-rental ordinance of its own
ZárateBuenos Aires
Zárate has no ordinance of its own on holiday rentals that could be found
BalvaneraCiudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires rules apply: Balvanera is part of Buenos Aires
BarracasCiudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires rules apply: Barracas is part of Buenos Aires
BarranquerasChaco
Barranqueras (Chaco), next to Resistencia, has no short-term-rental register or permit that we could find, and Resistencia's new rental register does not cover it
BelgranoCiudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires rules apply: Belgrano is part of Buenos Aires
Buenos AiresCiudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
Free online ATT registry
ColegialesCiudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires rules apply: Colegiales is part of Buenos Aires
CorrientesCorrientes
Corrientes city has no short-term-rental ordinance, and no Corrientes provincial rule specific to temporary rentals was found
CórdobaCordoba
Córdoba city has no short-term-rental register or permit that we could find
FormosaFormosa
National rules apply
Gobernador GálvezSanta Fe
Villa Gobernador Gálvez (Gran Rosario, Santa Fe) has no short-term-rental ordinance or register that we could find, and Santa Fe Province has no provincial registry
GoyaCorrientes
National rules apply
Ituzaingó
Ituzaingó (Corrientes, on the Paraná near Yacyretá) has no short-term-rental ordinance found
Argentina (nationwide)
No single national short-term rental law or registry
PalermoCiudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires rules apply: Palermo is part of Buenos Aires
Presidencia Roque Sáenz PeñaChaco
Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña (Chaco) has no short-term-rental register or permit that we could find; in 2024 the city only ran a voluntary list of rooms for the cotton festival
RafaelaSanta Fe
Rafaela (Santa Fe) has no short-term-rental ordinance or register; its council's searchable norms database shows none, and Santa Fe Province has no registry
Río CuartoCordoba
Río Cuarto (Córdoba) has no short-term-rental register or permit that we could find
Río TerceroCordoba
Río Tercero (Córdoba) has no short-term-rental register or permit that we could find, and its 2026 tariff has no specific line for temporary rentals: property rental is taxed at 0.90% and lodging at 0.80% of income
San FranciscoCordoba
San Francisco (Córdoba) has no short-term-rental register or permit that we could find; local hoteliers have asked the city to regulate the activity
Santiago del EsteroSantiago del Estero
National rules apply
Santo Tomé
Santo Tomé (next to Santa Fe city) has no short-term-rental ordinance, and no Santa Fe provincial register for temporary rentals was found
Venado TuertoSanta Fe
Venado Tuerto (Santa Fe) has no short-term-rental ordinance or register that we could find, and Santa Fe Province has no provincial registry
Villa LuganoCiudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires rules apply: Villa Lugano is part of Buenos Aires