Cafayate weather in July

In July, Cafayate sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 4 mm of precipitation across 1 wet days and about 10.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 17°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 78% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 24 min at the start of July to 10 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Cafayate's 2nd-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cafayate's year-round climate.

Daytime high
17°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
4 mm
1 wet days
Daylight
10 h 30 min
8:14 AM – 6:45 PM
Cloud cover
22%
2nd clearest
Wind
7 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
4.44 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.1
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 July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 17°C through the month.

A typical July day in Cafayate reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and about 2°C cooler than August.

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How July really feels in Cafayate

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 20 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
20
wind chill below the day's low

The story in July is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Cafayate weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 12th-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 July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 78% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 13%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitationSnow

Cafayate gets around 4 mm of rain and snow over 1 wet days in July, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 3% and peaks near 4% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Wind in July

Winds average 7 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 24 min at the start of July to 10 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 8:16 AM to 8:08 AM, and sunset from 6:39 PM to 6:52 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.44 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 — July's 4.44 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Cafayate

In seasonPeak

None of Cafayate's seasonal hazards are active in July. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

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 July a good time to visit Cafayate?

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

7.1
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
1.5
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

July is one of the better times to visit Cafayate for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Cafayate in July

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

In July, Cafayate sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 2°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Cafayate in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. 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
July 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).