Climate averages 1991–2020
Catamarca weather
in May.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Catamarca: daytime highs average 19.4°C and nights cool to about 9.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 43 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santiago del Estero (167 km away). In May its highs average 22.4°C, 3.0°C warmer than Catamarca, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 67 cities listed in Argentina, Catamarca ranks 15th of 67 for the warmest May highs and 19th of 67 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 67 cities is 18.0°C; Catamarca is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 17.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 37 mm to 20 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Santiago del Estero in MayArgentina · 167 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 14.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Córdoba in MayArgentina · 361 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 9.6°C · 35 mm rain
- San Juan, Argentina in MayArgentina · 431 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 7.6°C · 10 mm rain
- Rawson in MayArgentina · 436 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 7.1°C · 10 mm rain
- Copiapó in MayChile · 463 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 13.3°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Villa María in MayArgentina · 501 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 11.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Rafaela in MayArgentina · 517 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 11.5°C · 65 mm rain
- Río Cuarto in MayArgentina · 536 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 9.4°C · 34 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.