Climate averages 1991–2020
Catamarca weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Catamarca: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 167 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes January a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 44 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santiago del Estero (167 km away). In January its highs average 32.4°C, 3.1°C warmer than Catamarca, with 147 mm of rain.
Among the 67 cities listed in Argentina, Catamarca ranks joint 34th of 67 for the warmest January highs and 66th of 67 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 67 cities is 29.0°C; Catamarca is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 167 mm to 118 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Santiago del Estero in JanuaryArgentina · 167 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 147 mm rain
- Córdoba in JanuaryArgentina · 361 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.8°C · 133 mm rain
- San Juan, Argentina in JanuaryArgentina · 431 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 19.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Rawson in JanuaryArgentina · 436 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 18.5°C · 17 mm rain
- Copiapó in JanuaryChile · 463 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 18.2°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Villa María in JanuaryArgentina · 501 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 20.0°C · 111 mm rain
- Rafaela in JanuaryArgentina · 517 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.3°C · 119 mm rain
- Río Cuarto in JanuaryArgentina · 536 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.0°C · 96 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.