Climate averages 1991–2020
La Plata weather
in January.
A warm, wet month: the warmest and the 10th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in La Plata: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 19.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 92 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 12 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Berisso (9 km away). In January its highs average 27.4°C, about as warm as La Plata, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 67 cities listed in Argentina, La Plata ranks joint 59th of 67 for the warmest January highs and joint 38th of 67 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 67 cities is 29.0°C; La Plata is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 92 mm to 87 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
La Plata climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 27.4°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 92 | 8.0 | 14.214 h |
| February | 26.3°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 87 | 8.8 | 13.413 h |
| March | 24.4°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 84 | 7.6 | 12.312 h |
| April | 20.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 86 | 7.6 | 11.211 h |
| May | 17.0°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 60 | 6.1 | 10.310 h |
| June | 14.1°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 62 | 5.9 | 9.810 h |
| July | 13.1°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 64 | 6.3 | 10.010 h |
| August | 15.3°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 68 | 6.1 | 10.811 h |
| September | 17.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 72 | 6.9 | 11.812 h |
| October | 19.9°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 102 | 9.5 | 12.913 h |
| November | 23.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 93 | 8.5 | 13.914 h |
| December | 26.1°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 82 | 8.5 | 14.414 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
- Berisso in JanuaryArgentina · 9 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Berazategui in JanuaryArgentina · 29 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.2°C · 83 mm rain
- Quilmes in JanuaryArgentina · 35 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.9°C · 83 mm rain
- San Vicente in JanuaryArgentina · 44 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 18.6°C · 89 mm rain
- Lomas de Zamora in JanuaryArgentina · 45 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 19.6°C · 87 mm rain
- Avellaneda in JanuaryArgentina · 48 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 20.2°C · 83 mm rain
- Buenos Aires in JanuaryArgentina · 52 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.3°C · 83 mm rain
- Ezeiza in JanuaryArgentina · 53 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.0°C · 87 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 La Plata) is explained once on the La Plata year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.