Climate averages 1991–2020
Santiago del Estero weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Santiago del Estero: daytime highs average 32.4°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 147 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes January a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 41 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Catamarca (167 km away). In January its highs average 29.2°C, 3.1°C cooler than Santiago del Estero, with 167 mm of rain.
Among the 67 cities listed in Argentina, Santiago del Estero ranks joint 1st of 67 for the warmest January highs and 65th of 67 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 67 cities is 29.0°C; Santiago del Estero is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 147 mm to 116 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
Santiago del Estero climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 32.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 147 | 12.8 | 13.714 h |
| February | 31.0°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 116 | 10.6 | 13.113 h |
| March | 28.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 124 | 11.3 | 12.312 h |
| April | 25.4°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 68 | 8.2 | 11.411 h |
| May | 22.4°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 22 | 4.6 | 10.811 h |
| June | 20.2°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 15 | 3.7 | 10.410 h |
| July | 20.4°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 11 | 2.5 | 10.611 h |
| August | 24.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 11 | 2.0 | 11.111 h |
| September | 27.0°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 28 | 3.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 29.3°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 60 | 7.3 | 12.713 h |
| November | 30.9°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 86 | 9.3 | 13.513 h |
| December | 32.2°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 130 | 11.7 | 13.914 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
- Catamarca in JanuaryArgentina · 167 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 20.9°C · 167 mm rain
- Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña in JanuaryArgentina · 394 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 133 mm rain
- Córdoba in JanuaryArgentina · 401 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.8°C · 133 mm rain
- Rafaela in JanuaryArgentina · 468 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.3°C · 119 mm rain
- Reconquista in JanuaryArgentina · 475 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.1°C · 140 mm rain
- Goya in JanuaryArgentina · 511 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 135 mm rain
- San Ramón de la Nueva Orán in JanuaryArgentina · 519 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.5°C · 206 mm rain
- Resistencia in JanuaryArgentina · 521 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 138 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 Santiago del Estero) is explained once on the Santiago del Estero year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.