Alta Gracia weather in October

In October, Alta Gracia sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 106 mm of rain across 12.4 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of October to 13 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Alta Gracia's 7th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Alta Gracia's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
6th warmest
Overnight low
10°
6th coldest
Rainfall
106 mm
12.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 48 min
6:39 AM – 7:26 PM
Cloud cover
48%
7th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.77 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

Alta Gracia is city in Argentina.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical October day in Alta Gracia reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 2°C warmer than September and about 2°C cooler than November.

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Alta Gracia weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 6th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan26° / 16°15815.5013.86.0
Feb25° / 15°13914013.26.2
Mar24° / 14°13013.5012.26.6
Apr21° / 11°879.60.111.26.7
May17° / 417.30.210.46.1
Jun15° / 183.50.2105.5
Jul15° / 173.40.510.15.3
Aug17° / 233.70.410.86.7
Sep19° / 507.10.511.86.9
Oct22° / 10°10612.4012.86.5
Nov24° / 13°14114.9013.66.3
Dec26° / 15°16316.10146.0

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 39%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16337
26337
36337
46238
56238
66238
76238
86238
96238
106238
116238
126238
136139
146040
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Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Alta Gracia gets around 106 mm of rain over 12.4 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 39% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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332
432
533
633
734
834
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1538
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1942
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2143
2243
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2645
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2846
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3146

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of October feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, October lands in the dry band about 83% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
192710
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489920
589920
6881020
7871120
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26801550
27791650
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29781750
30781750
31761860

Wind in October

Winds average 9 km/h in October, the windiest month of the year.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
210calm
310calm
410calm
510calm
69calm
79calm
89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
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159calm
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Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of October to 13 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 54 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:58 AM to 6:24 AM, and sunset from 7:16 PM to 7:38 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.36:587:16
212.36:567:17
312.46:557:17
412.46:547:18
512.46:527:19
612.56:517:19
712.56:507:20
812.56:497:21
912.66:477:21
1012.66:467:22
1112.66:457:23
1212.76:447:23
1312.76:437:24
1412.76:417:25
1512.86:407:26
1612.86:397:26
1712.86:387:27
1812.96:377:28
1912.96:367:29
2012.96:357:29
2112.96:347:30
2213.06:337:31
2313.06:327:32
2413.06:317:33
2513.16:307:33
2613.16:297:34
2713.16:287:35
2813.26:277:36
2913.26:267:37
3013.26:257:38
3113.26:247:38

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.77 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.9 kWh/m² to a high of 7.06 kWh/m² in December across the year — October's 5.77 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.5Bright
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45.6Bright
55.6Bright
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236.0Bright
246.0Bright
256.0Intense
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276.1Intense
286.1Intense
296.1Intense
306.2Intense
316.2Intense
Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Alta Gracia

In seasonPeak

In October, Alta Gracia sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Alta Gracia's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
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Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
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Oct
Nov
Dec

Is October a good time to visit Alta Gracia?

Our two travel scores rate October for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.5
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Alta Gracia for sightseeing.

What to pack for Alta Gracia in October

From October's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In October, Alta Gracia sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Alta Gracia in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Alta Gracia peaks around January 18 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeHighModerateHighVery highExtremeJan 18UV 14Jun 20UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr6High
May5Moderate
Jun3Moderate
Jul4Moderate
Aug5High
Sep7High
Oct11Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Alta Gracia in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where October falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Alta Gracia is worst in September — around 20 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.3× the cleanest month (November, 6 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1319 µg/m³Nov 236 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb7Good
Mar7Good
Apr6Good
May7Good
Jun8Good
Jul8Good
Aug15Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct10Good
Nov6Good
Dec6Good
Location & terrain

Where is Alta Gracia?

Alta Gracia sits at 31.6°S, 64.4°W, 544 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Villa Carlos Paz, 26 km away.

Topography around Alta Gracia

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Alta Gracia.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Alta Gracia has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 134 m around an average of 571 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 838 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,504 m.

The land around Alta Gracia is covered by artificial surfaces (37%) and grassland (30%) within 3 km, cropland (43%) and grassland (31%) within 16 km, and cropland (41%) and grassland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
134 m
16 km
838 m
80 km
2,504 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
October weather nearby: Villa Carlos Paz 26 km · La Calera 35 km · Cordoba 35 km · Villa Allende 42 km · Cosquín 45 km · Unquillo 47 km · Río Segundo 49 km · Pilar 52 km

Argentina travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / I
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 46% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$14,898
2025
Happiness
6.4 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
4.5
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
14.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 575
Religion
Roman Catholic 63%none 19%Evangelical 15%Jehovah's Witness and Church of Jesus Christ 1%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Alta Gracia (-31.6498°, -64.4297°, elevation 544 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).