Climate averages 1991–2020
San Rafael weather
in July.
A cool, fairly dry month: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a cool month in San Rafael: daytime highs average 13.8°C and nights cool to about 1.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 04 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Martín (171 km away). In July its highs average 14.5°C, 0.6°C warmer than San Rafael, with 5.6 mm of rain.
Among the 67 cities listed in Argentina, San Rafael ranks joint 44th of 67 for the warmest July highs and joint 12th of 67 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 67 cities is 14.6°C; San Rafael is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 16.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 22 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 Rafael climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.5°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 45 | 8.8 | 14.214 h |
| February | 28.7°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 48 | 7.2 | 13.413 h |
| March | 25.7°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 48 | 6.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 20.9°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 42 | 6.0 | 11.211 h |
| May | 17.1°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 31 | 5.0 | 10.310 h |
| June | 14.6°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 18 | 3.7 | 9.910 h |
| July, selected | 13.8°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 16 | 3.2 | 10.110 h |
| August | 16.5°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 22 | 3.4 | 10.811 h |
| September | 19.4°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 28 | 4.7 | 11.812 h |
| October | 22.7°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 60 | 7.6 | 12.913 h |
| November | 26.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 53 | 8.0 | 13.914 h |
| December | 29.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 53 | 8.6 | 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
July in nearby cities
- San Martín in JulyArgentina · 171 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 3.2°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Mendoza in JulyArgentina · 198 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 1.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Rancagua in JulyChile · 226 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 1.5°C · 124 mm rain
- Puente Alto in JulyChile · 235 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 0.6°C · 97 mm rain
- San Luis in JulyArgentina · 237 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.0°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Paine in JulyChile · 239 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 2.8°C · 94 mm rain
- Peñalolén in JulyChile · 240 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 1.8°C · 97 mm rain
- San Bernardo in JulyChile · 246 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 1.7°C · 86 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 Rafael) is explained once on the San Rafael year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.