Climate averages 1991–2020
Catamarca weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Catamarca: daytime highs average 22.7°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 26 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santiago del Estero (167 km away). In April its highs average 25.4°C, 2.7°C warmer than Catamarca, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 67 cities listed in Argentina, Catamarca ranks joint 17th of 67 for the warmest April highs and 14th of 67 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 67 cities is 21.8°C; Catamarca is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 3.3°C to 19.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 65 mm to 37 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Catamarca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 167 | 16.7 | 13.714 h |
| February | 28.0°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 118 | 13.8 | 13.113 h |
| March | 26.0°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 109 | 13.1 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 22.7°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 65 | 9.7 | 11.411 h |
| May | 19.4°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 37 | 6.9 | 10.711 h |
| June | 17.6°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 20 | 4.1 | 10.410 h |
| July | 17.4°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 15 | 3.3 | 10.511 h |
| August | 21.3°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 17 | 3.3 | 11.111 h |
| September | 24.2°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 32 | 5.4 | 11.912 h |
| October | 26.6°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 65 | 10.0 | 12.813 h |
| November | 28.0°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 98 | 12.8 | 13.514 h |
| December | 29.3°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 129 | 15.4 | 13.914 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Santiago del Estero in AprilArgentina · 167 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.6°C · 68 mm rain
- Córdoba in AprilArgentina · 361 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.0°C · 75 mm rain
- San Juan, Argentina in AprilArgentina · 431 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 11.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Rawson in AprilArgentina · 436 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 11.1°C · 18 mm rain
- Copiapó in AprilChile · 463 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 16.5°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Villa María in AprilArgentina · 501 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 14.2°C · 82 mm rain
- Rafaela in AprilArgentina · 517 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.6°C · 109 mm rain
- Río Cuarto in AprilArgentina · 536 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 12.8°C · 67 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Catamarca) is explained once on the Catamarca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.