Cafayate weather in January

In January, Cafayate sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 128 mm of rain across 17.8 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 36 min at the start of January to 13 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Cafayate's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cafayate's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
13°
12th coldest
Rainfall
128 mm
17.8 wet days
Daylight
13 h 30 min
6:49 AM – 8:17 PM
Cloud cover
67%
12th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
6.49 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.6
out of 10

Cafayate is human settlement in Argentina.

Founded
1840

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

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month.

A typical January day in Cafayate reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 1°C warmer than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Cafayate

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Cafayate weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan23° / 13°12817.8013.45.6
Feb22° / 13°9915.2012.95.6
Mar22° / 12°7112.2012.26.3
Apr21° / 10°235011.47.5
May19° / 122.80.310.77.5
Jun17° / 40.80.310.47.4
Jul17° / 410.710.57.1
Aug19° / 41.30.311.17.9
Sep20° / 102.90.411.87.9
Oct22° / 256.10.112.67.5
Nov23° / 11°5210.5013.36.8
Dec24° / 13°8513.6013.66.4

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 26% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 60%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14654
24654
34456
44357
54357
64159
74060
83961
93961
103763
113763
123664
133763
143763
153664
163664
173664
183763
193763
203763
213862
223862
234060
244060
254159
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274258
284258
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304258
314258

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Cafayate gets around 128 mm of rain over 17.8 wet days in January, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 56% and peaks near 58% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
151
252
353
454
555
655
756
856
957
1057
1157
1257
1358
1458
1558
1658
1758
1858
1958
2058
2158
2258
2357
2457
2557
2657
2756
2856
2956
3056
3156

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 80% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
18614
28515
38416
48416
58317
68218
78119
88119
98020
108020
117921
127921
137921
147921
157921
167921
177921
187921
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207921
217921
227921
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247822
257822
267822
277723
287723
297723
307723
317723

Wind in January

Winds average 5 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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155calm
165calm
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265calm
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305calm
315calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 36 min at the start of January to 13 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:39 AM to 7:00 AM, and sunset from 8:15 PM to 8:14 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.66:398:15
213.66:408:16
313.66:408:16
413.66:418:16
513.66:418:16
613.66:428:16
713.66:438:17
813.66:438:17
913.56:448:17
1013.56:458:17
1113.56:468:17
1213.56:468:17
1313.56:478:17
1413.56:488:17
1513.56:488:17
1613.56:498:17
1713.56:508:17
1813.46:518:17
1913.46:518:17
2013.46:528:17
2113.46:538:17
2213.46:548:17
2313.46:548:16
2413.36:558:16
2513.36:568:16
2613.36:578:16
2713.36:578:15
2813.36:588:15
2913.36:598:15
3013.27:008:14
3113.27:008:14

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 6.49 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.19 kWh/m² to a high of 7.13 kWh/m² in November across the year — January's 6.49 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.9Intense
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36.8Intense
46.8Intense
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286.4Intense
296.4Intense
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316.3Intense
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Cafayate

In seasonPeak

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

Cafayate's rainy season runs December–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Cafayate?

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

5.6
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
4.5
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Cafayate for sightseeing.

What to pack for Cafayate in January

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

In January, Cafayate sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 13°C. Pack rain gear and sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 18 days see rain.

rain gearsun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Cafayate in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 17 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Cafayate peaks around January 16 at about 17 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 11 at about 5 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighVery highExtremeJan 16UV 17Jul 11UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan17Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr9Very high
May7High
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug8Very high
Sep11Extreme
Oct15Extreme
Nov15Extreme
Dec16Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Cafayate?

Cafayate sits at 26.1°S, 66.0°W, 1,625 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Santa María, 69 km away.

Topography around Cafayate

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cafayate has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 334 m around an average of 1,643 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,941 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,705 m.

The land around Cafayate is covered by cropland (31%) and shrubs (29%) within 3 km, grassland (39%), shrubs (30%) and bare terrain (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (41%) and bare terrain (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
334 m
16 km
2,941 m
80 km
4,705 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
January weather nearby: Santa María 69 km · Tafí Viejo 102 km · Rosario de la Frontera 105 km · Yerba Buena 107 km · San Miguel de Tucuman 113 km · Alderetes 117 km · San José de Metán 119 km · Famaillá 123 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 Cafayate (-26.0729°, -65.9777°, elevation 1,625 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).