Climate averages 1991–2020
Catamarca weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Catamarca: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 19.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 118 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes February a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 06 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santiago del Estero (167 km away). In February its highs average 31.0°C, 3.0°C warmer than Catamarca, with 116 mm of rain.
Among the 67 cities listed in Argentina, Catamarca ranks joint 29th of 67 for the warmest February highs and 55th of 67 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 67 cities is 27.7°C; Catamarca is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 118 mm to 109 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Santiago del Estero in FebruaryArgentina · 167 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 116 mm rain
- Córdoba in FebruaryArgentina · 361 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 122 mm rain
- San Juan, Argentina in FebruaryArgentina · 431 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 18.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Rawson in FebruaryArgentina · 436 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 17.4°C · 20 mm rain
- Copiapó in FebruaryChile · 463 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 18.4°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Villa María in FebruaryArgentina · 501 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.9°C · 120 mm rain
- Rafaela in FebruaryArgentina · 517 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 19.4°C · 126 mm rain
- Río Cuarto in FebruaryArgentina · 536 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.8°C · 89 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.