Climate averages 1991–2020
Rafaela weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Rafaela: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 20.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 119 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 55 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Fe (86 km away). In January its highs average 30.5°C, about as warm as Rafaela, with 112 mm of rain.
Among the 67 cities listed in Argentina, Rafaela ranks joint 20th of 67 for the warmest January highs and joint 55th of 67 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 67 cities is 29.0°C; Rafaela is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 119 mm to 126 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
Rafaela climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 30.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 119 | 9.5 | 13.914 h |
| February | 28.6°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 126 | 8.9 | 13.213 h |
| March | 26.8°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 139 | 8.9 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.1°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 109 | 8.0 | 11.311 h |
| May | 19.6°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 65 | 6.1 | 10.611 h |
| June | 17.0°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 40 | 4.8 | 10.110 h |
| July | 16.5°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 30 | 4.2 | 10.310 h |
| August | 19.4°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 42 | 4.2 | 11.011 h |
| September | 21.8°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 57 | 5.7 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.3°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 130 | 9.7 | 12.813 h |
| November | 27.1°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 123 | 8.5 | 13.714 h |
| December | 29.2°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 129 | 9.4 | 14.114 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
- Santa Fe in JanuaryArgentina · 86 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.2°C · 112 mm rain
- Paraná in JanuaryArgentina · 106 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.7°C · 105 mm rain
- Rosario in JanuaryArgentina · 205 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 20.1°C · 102 mm rain
- Villa María in JanuaryArgentina · 209 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 20.0°C · 111 mm rain
- Gobernador Gálvez in JanuaryArgentina · 213 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 20.2°C · 102 mm rain
- Córdoba in JanuaryArgentina · 257 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.8°C · 133 mm rain
- San Nicolás de los Arroyos in JanuaryArgentina · 261 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 20.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Venado Tuerto in JanuaryArgentina · 281 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 19.2°C · 110 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 Rafaela) is explained once on the Rafaela year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.