Climate averages 1991–2020
General Roca weather
in May.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in General Roca: daytime highs average 16.3°C and nights cool to about 7.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 02 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cipolletti (37 km away). In May its highs average 16.2°C, about as warm as General Roca, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 67 cities listed in Argentina, General Roca ranks 55th of 67 for the warmest May highs and 10th of 67 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 67 cities is 18.0°C; General Roca is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.5°C to 12.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 27 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
General Roca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.8°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 18 | 3.1 | 14.615 h |
| February | 30.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 22 | 3.0 | 13.614 h |
| March | 26.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 25 | 3.5 | 12.412 h |
| April | 21.2°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 29 | 3.5 | 11.111 h |
| May, selected | 16.3°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 27 | 4.9 | 10.010 h |
| June | 12.9°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 20 | 4.4 | 9.59 h |
| July | 12.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 18 | 3.6 | 9.710 h |
| August | 15.3°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 14 | 2.9 | 10.611 h |
| September | 18.7°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 21 | 3.5 | 11.812 h |
| October | 22.4°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 36 | 4.3 | 13.113 h |
| November | 26.8°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 22 | 3.2 | 14.214 h |
| December | 30.2°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 16 | 2.6 | 14.815 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
- Cipolletti in MayArgentina · 37 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 6.8°C · 26 mm rain
- Neuquén in MayArgentina · 42 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 6.7°C · 26 mm rain
- San Carlos de Bariloche in MayArgentina · 394 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low 2.8°C · 119 mm rain
- Santa Rosa, Argentina in MayArgentina · 395 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 8.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Villa Mercedes, Chile in MayChile · 425 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 6.0°C · 245 mm rain
- Padre Las Casas in MayChile · 435 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 6.1°C · 187 mm rain
- Temuco in MayChile · 435 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 6.4°C · 187 mm rain
- Los Ángeles in MayChile · 451 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 6.4°C · 178 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 General Roca) is explained once on the General Roca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.