Climate averages 1991–2020
San Carlos de Bariloche weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: one of the warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in San Carlos de Bariloche: daytime highs average 19.9°C and nights cool to about 9.2°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 46 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Puerto Montt (141 km away). In January its highs average 18.6°C, 1.2°C cooler than San Carlos de Bariloche, with 101 mm of rain.
Among the 67 cities listed in Argentina, San Carlos de Bariloche ranks 66th of 67 for the warmest January highs and 8th of 67 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 67 cities is 29.0°C; San Carlos de Bariloche is 9.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 19.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 31 mm to 33 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
San Carlos de Bariloche climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 19.9°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 31 | 5.2 | 14.815 h |
| February | 19.9°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 33 | 5.0 | 13.714 h |
| March | 17.1°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 41 | 7.0 | 12.412 h |
| April | 12.0°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 74 | 8.7 | 11.011 h |
| May | 7.9°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 119 | 12.9 | 9.910 h |
| June | 4.5°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 172 | 16.0 | 9.39 h |
| July | 3.8°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 140 | 14.5 | 9.510 h |
| August | 4.9°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 131 | 14.5 | 10.510 h |
| September | 7.2°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 68 | 10.3 | 11.812 h |
| October | 10.4°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 70 | 10.2 | 13.213 h |
| November | 13.9°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 52 | 8.3 | 14.414 h |
| December | 17.2°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 47 | 6.8 | 15.115 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
- Puerto Montt in JanuaryChile · 141 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 11.7°C · 101 mm rain
- Osorno in JanuaryChile · 166 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Valdivia in JanuaryChile · 221 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 12.3°C · 38 mm rain
- Padre Las Casas in JanuaryChile · 287 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 29 mm rain
- Temuco in JanuaryChile · 290 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 11.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Neuquén in JanuaryArgentina · 369 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Cipolletti in JanuaryArgentina · 374 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 12 mm rain
- General Roca in JanuaryArgentina · 394 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 18.6°C · 18 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 San Carlos de Bariloche) is explained once on the San Carlos de Bariloche year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.