Caucete weather in January

In January, Caucete sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 69 mm of rain across 11.5 wet days and about 13.8 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 60% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 hours at the start of January to 13 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Caucete's 11th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Caucete's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
1st warmest
Overnight low
20°
12th coldest
Rainfall
69 mm
11.5 wet days
Daylight
13 h 54 min
6:47 AM – 8:38 PM
Cloud cover
38%
11th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
7.44 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.7
out of 10

Caucete is city and capital of the Caucete departament, province of San Juan, Argentina.

Density
4/km²
people per km²

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 33°C through the month.

A typical January day in Caucete reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C warmer than February.

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

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 31 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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Caucete weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 20°6911.513.83.7
Feb31° / 19°558.613.24.7
Mar29° / 17°467.512.26.5
Apr24° / 12°244.111.28.3
May20° / 13310.47.6
Jun17° / 61.4106.8
Jul16° / 7210.16.5
Aug19° / 92.110.87.9
Sep23° / 162.911.88.5
Oct27° / 13°233.812.88.0
Nov30° / 16°346.213.65.8
Dec32° / 19°538.6144.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 60% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 18%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18317
28218
38218
48119
58020
68020
78020
88020
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117921
127921
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Caucete gets around 69 mm of rain over 11.5 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 36% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
135
236
336
437
537
638
738
838
938
1038
1138
1238
1337
1437
1537
1637
1736
1836
1936
2036
2136
2236
2336
2435
2535
2635
2735
2835
2935
3035
3135

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 40% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
14530233
24331233
34232243
44132243
54032244
63933244
73933244
83933244
93932235
103932235
114032235
124033225
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223933234
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Wind in January

Winds average 8 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
39calm
49calm
59calm
69calm
79calm
89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
138calm
148calm
158calm
168calm
178calm
188calm
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218calm
228calm
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248calm
258calm
268calm
278calm
288calm
298calm
308calm
318calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 hours at the start of January to 13 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 30 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:35 AM to 7:00 AM, and sunset from 8:37 PM to 8:33 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.06:358:37
214.06:368:37
314.06:378:38
414.06:378:38
514.06:388:38
614.06:398:38
714.06:408:38
814.06:408:38
914.06:418:38
1013.96:428:38
1113.96:438:38
1213.96:438:38
1313.96:448:38
1413.96:458:38
1513.96:468:38
1613.96:478:38
1713.86:488:38
1813.86:488:38
1913.86:498:38
2013.86:508:37
2113.86:518:37
2213.76:528:37
2313.76:538:36
2413.76:548:36
2513.76:558:36
2613.76:558:35
2713.66:568:35
2813.66:578:34
2913.66:588:34
3013.66:598:33
3113.57:008:33

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 7.44 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.09 kWh/m² to a high of 7.88 kWh/m² in December across the year — January's 7.44 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.7Intense
27.7Intense
37.7Intense
47.7Intense
57.6Intense
67.6Intense
77.6Intense
87.5Intense
97.5Intense
107.5Intense
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237.3Intense
247.3Intense
257.3Intense
267.3Intense
277.3Intense
287.3Intense
297.2Intense
307.2Intense
317.2Intense
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Caucete?

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

3.7
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
6.4
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Caucete. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Caucete in January

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

In January, Caucete sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Caucete in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Caucete peaks around January 18 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 3 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeModerateHighVery highExtremeJan 18UV 14Jun 21UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr6High
May4Moderate
Jun3Moderate
Jul4Moderate
Aug5Moderate
Sep7High
Oct11Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Caucete?

Caucete sits at 31.7°S, 68.3°W, 592 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Santa Lucía, 24 km away.

Topography around Caucete

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Caucete has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 9 m around an average of 574 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 827 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,665 m.

The land around Caucete is covered by cropland (40%) and shrubs (23%) within 3 km, shrubs (51%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and shrubs (51%) and bare terrain (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
9 m
16 km
827 m
80 km
3,665 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
January weather nearby: Santa Lucía 24 km · Rawson 26 km · San Juan 26 km · Pocito 29 km · Chimbas 30 km · Villa Paula de Sarmiento 30 km · Villa General San Martín 33 km · Albardón 33 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 Caucete (-31.6515°, -68.2822°, elevation 592 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).