Cafayate weather in June

In June, Cafayate sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 4 mm of precipitation across 0.8 wet days and about 10.4 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 11th-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 73% of the time in June, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 30 min at the start of June to 10 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Cafayate's 3rd-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cafayate's year-round climate.

Daytime high
17°
11th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
4 mm
0.8 wet days
Daylight
10 h 24 min
8:13 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover
26%
3rd clearest
Wind
7 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
4.19 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.4
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 June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

A typical June day in Cafayate reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs about 1°C cooler than May and on par with July.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1184
2184
3184
4184
5184
6184
7184
8184
9184
10184
11184
12184
13183
14183
15183
16173
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25173
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27172
28172
29172
30172

How June really feels in Cafayate

Once humidity and wind are folded in, June 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

June 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 June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 11th-warmest and 11th-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 June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 73% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 16%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18020
28119
38119
48119
58119
68119
78218
88218
98317
108317
118317
128416
138416
148416
158416
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188614
198614
208614
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228515
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278515
288515
298416
308416

Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitationSnow

Cafayate gets around 4 mm of rain and snow over 0.8 wet days in June. 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 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
141
231
331
431
531
631
721
821
921
1021
1121
1221
1321
1421
1521
1621
1721
1821
1921
2031
2131
2232
2332
2432
2542
2642
2742
2842
2942
3042

Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

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

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Dry (%)
1100
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
9100
10100
11100
12100
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14100
15100
16100
17100
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19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100

Wind in June

Winds average 7 km/h in June.

Across June, 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
16calm
26calm
36calm
46calm
56calm
66calm
76calm
86calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
177calm
187calm
197calm
207calm
217calm
227calm
237calm
247calm
257calm
267calm
276calm
286calm
296calm
306calm

Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 30 min at the start of June to 10 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 8:07 AM to 8:16 AM, and sunset from 6:36 PM to 6:39 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202530
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.58:076:36
210.58:076:36
310.58:086:36
410.58:086:36
510.48:096:36
610.48:096:35
710.48:096:35
810.48:106:35
910.48:106:35
1010.48:116:35
1110.48:116:35
1210.48:116:35
1310.48:126:35
1410.48:126:35
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1610.48:136:36
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1810.48:136:36
1910.48:146:36
2010.48:146:36
2110.48:146:36
2210.48:146:36
2310.48:156:37
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2710.48:156:38
2810.48:156:38
2910.48:156:38
3010.48:166:39

Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 4.19 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

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 — June's 4.19 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.2Bright
24.2Bright
34.2Bright
44.2Bright
54.2Bright
64.2Bright
74.2Bright
84.2Bright
94.2Bright
104.2Bright
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264.2Bright
274.2Bright
284.2Bright
294.2Bright
304.2Bright
Planning a trip in June

Hazard calendar for Cafayate

In seasonPeak

None of Cafayate's seasonal hazards are active in June. 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 June a good time to visit Cafayate?

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

7.4
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
2.0
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Cafayate in June

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

In June, Cafayate sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 3°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Cafayate in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June peaks around 6 — 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
June 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).