Climate averages 1991–2020
Catamarca weather
in July.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Catamarca: daytime highs average 17.4°C and nights cool to about 5.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 31 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santiago del Estero (167 km away). In July its highs average 20.4°C, 3.0°C warmer than Catamarca, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 67 cities listed in Argentina, Catamarca ranks 11th of 67 for the warmest July highs and 11th of 67 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 67 cities is 14.6°C; Catamarca is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 21.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 17 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Santiago del Estero in JulyArgentina · 167 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 10.0°C · 11 mm rain
- Córdoba in JulyArgentina · 361 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 5.0°C · 14 mm rain
- San Juan, Argentina in JulyArgentina · 431 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 2.9°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Rawson in JulyArgentina · 436 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 2.3°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Copiapó in JulyChile · 463 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 9.1°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Villa María in JulyArgentina · 501 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 6.6°C · 16 mm rain
- Rafaela in JulyArgentina · 517 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 7.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Río Cuarto in JulyArgentina · 536 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 4.9°C · 11 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.