General Alvear weather in July

In July, General Alvear sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 13 mm of precipitation across 2.4 wet days and about 9.9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 42 min at the start of July to 10 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is General Alvear's 10th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see General Alvear's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 3°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 13 mm; 2.4 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 54 min; 8:41 AM – 6:32 PM
Cloud cover: 42%; 10th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 2.88 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.8; out of 10

General Alvear is city in Mendoza Province, Argentina.

Founded: 1914

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

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month.

A typical July day in General Alvear reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and about 3°C cooler than August.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	4
2	15	4
3	15	4
4	15	3
5	15	3
6	15	3
7	15	3
8	15	3
9	15	3
10	15	3
11	15	3
12	15	3
13	15	3
14	15	3
15	15	3
16	15	3
17	15	3
18	15	3
19	15	3
20	16	3
21	16	3
22	16	3
23	16	3
24	16	3
25	16	3
26	16	3
27	16	3
28	16	3
29	16	3
30	16	4
31	16	4

How July really feels in General Alvear

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 7 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

General Alvear weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	33° / 19°	47	8.9	14.1	3.9
Feb	31° / 18°	52	7.1	13.3	4.9
Mar	28° / 16°	53	6.7	12.3	6.8
Apr	23° / 11°	39	5.1	11.1	7.9
May	19° / 8°	25	3.8	10.2	6.9
Jun	16° / 4°	13	2.7	9.7	5.8
Jul	15° / 3°	13	2.4	9.9	5.8
Aug	18° / 5°	18	3.1	10.7	7.3
Sep	21° / 9°	28	4.2	11.8	7.7
Oct	25° / 12°	57	7.3	12.9	7.6
Nov	29° / 15°	49	7.2	13.8	6.5
Dec	32° / 18°	57	8.1	14.3	4.7

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 32%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	65	65	66	65	66	66	66	66	66	66	67	67	67	67	68	68	68	68	69	69	69	69	69	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	71
Cloudier (%)	35	35	34	35	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	66	34
4	65	35
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	70	30
31	71	29

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

General Alvear gets around 13 mm of rain and snow over 2.4 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 8% and peaks near 9% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8

	Rain chance (%)
1	8
2	8
3	8
4	9
5	9
6	9
7	9
8	9
9	9
10	9
11	9
12	9
13	9
14	8
15	8
16	8
17	8
18	8
19	7
20	7
21	7
22	7
23	7
24	7
25	7
26	7
27	7
28	8
29	8
30	8
31	8

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in July

Winds average 12 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	light breeze
7	12	light breeze
8	12	light breeze
9	12	light breeze
10	12	light breeze
11	12	light breeze
12	12	light breeze
13	12	light breeze
14	12	light breeze
15	12	light breeze
16	12	light breeze
17	12	light breeze
18	12	light breeze
19	12	light breeze
20	12	light breeze
21	12	light breeze
22	12	light breeze
23	12	light breeze
24	12	light breeze
25	12	light breeze
26	12	light breeze
27	12	light breeze
28	12	light breeze
29	12	light breeze
30	12	light breeze
31	12	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 42 min at the start of July to 10 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 30 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 8:44 AM to 8:31 AM, and sunset from 6:24 PM to 6:43 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2
Sunrise (AM)	8:44	8:44	8:44	8:44	8:44	8:43	8:43	8:43	8:43	8:43	8:42	8:42	8:42	8:41	8:41	8:41	8:40	8:40	8:39	8:39	8:38	8:37	8:37	8:36	8:36	8:35	8:34	8:33	8:33	8:32	8:31
Sunset (PM)	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:43

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.7	8:44	6:24
2	9.7	8:44	6:25
3	9.7	8:44	6:25
4	9.7	8:44	6:26
5	9.7	8:44	6:26
6	9.7	8:43	6:27
7	9.7	8:43	6:27
8	9.7	8:43	6:28
9	9.8	8:43	6:28
10	9.8	8:43	6:29
11	9.8	8:42	6:29
12	9.8	8:42	6:30
13	9.8	8:42	6:30
14	9.8	8:41	6:31
15	9.8	8:41	6:32
16	9.9	8:41	6:32
17	9.9	8:40	6:33
18	9.9	8:40	6:34
19	9.9	8:39	6:34
20	9.9	8:39	6:35
21	10.0	8:38	6:36
22	10.0	8:37	6:36
23	10.0	8:37	6:37
24	10.0	8:36	6:38
25	10.0	8:36	6:38
26	10.1	8:35	6:39
27	10.1	8:34	6:40
28	10.1	8:33	6:41
29	10.1	8:33	6:41
30	10.2	8:32	6:42
31	10.2	8:31	6:43

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 2.88 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.59 kWh/m² to a high of 8.07 kWh/m² in December across the year — July's 2.88 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.6	Moderate
2	2.6	Moderate
3	2.6	Moderate
4	2.7	Moderate
5	2.7	Moderate
6	2.7	Moderate
7	2.7	Moderate
8	2.7	Moderate
9	2.7	Moderate
10	2.8	Moderate
11	2.8	Moderate
12	2.8	Moderate
13	2.8	Moderate
14	2.8	Moderate
15	2.9	Moderate
16	2.9	Moderate
17	2.9	Moderate
18	2.9	Moderate
19	3.0	Moderate
20	3.0	Moderate
21	3.0	Moderate
22	3.0	Moderate
23	3.0	Moderate
24	3.1	Moderate
25	3.1	Moderate
26	3.1	Moderate
27	3.1	Moderate
28	3.2	Moderate
29	3.2	Moderate
30	3.2	Moderate
31	3.3	Moderate

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit General Alvear?

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

5.8

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.4

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit General Alvear for sightseeing.

What to pack for General Alvear in July

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

In July, General Alvear sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 3°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in General Alvear in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in General Alvear peaks around January 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	14	13	10	5	4	3	3	4	6	9	12	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	10	Very high
Apr	5	High
May	4	Moderate
Jun	3	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	6	High
Oct	9	Very high
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is General Alvear?

General Alvear sits at 35.0°S, 67.7°W, 471 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is San Rafael, 71 km away.

Topography around General Alvear

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around General Alvear has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 15 m around an average of 471 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 62 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,336 m.

The land around General Alvear is covered by grassland (49%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, shrubs (47%) and grassland (41%) within 16 km, and shrubs (85%) within 80 km.

3 km

15 m

grassland 49%

16 km

62 m

shrubs 47%

80 km

1,336 m

shrubs 85%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

← June General Alvear year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July weather nearby: San Rafael 71 km · Malargüe 180 km · Tunuyán 197 km · Rivadavia 211 km · San Martín 222 km · Tupungato 223 km · San Luis 226 km · Perdriel 238 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

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 General Alvear (-34.9775°, -67.6962°, elevation 471 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	4
2	15	4
3	15	4
4	15	3
5	15	3
6	15	3
7	15	3
8	15	3
9	15	3
10	15	3
11	15	3
12	15	3
13	15	3
14	15	3
15	15	3
16	15	3
17	15	3
18	15	3
19	15	3
20	16	3
21	16	3
22	16	3
23	16	3
24	16	3
25	16	3
26	16	3
27	16	3
28	16	3
29	16	3
30	16	4
31	16	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	66	34
4	65	35
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	70	30
31	71	29

	Rain chance (%)
1	8
2	8
3	8
4	9
5	9
6	9
7	9
8	9
9	9
10	9
11	9
12	9
13	9
14	8
15	8
16	8
17	8
18	8
19	7
20	7
21	7
22	7
23	7
24	7
25	7
26	7
27	7
28	8
29	8
30	8
31	8

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	4
2	15	4
3	15	4
4	15	3
5	15	3
6	15	3
7	15	3
8	15	3
9	15	3
10	15	3
11	15	3
12	15	3
13	15	3
14	15	3
15	15	3
16	15	3
17	15	3
18	15	3
19	15	3
20	16	3
21	16	3
22	16	3
23	16	3
24	16	3
25	16	3
26	16	3
27	16	3
28	16	3
29	16	3
30	16	4
31	16	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	66	34
4	65	35
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	70	30
31	71	29

	Rain chance (%)
1	8
2	8
3	8
4	9
5	9
6	9
7	9
8	9
9	9
10	9
11	9
12	9
13	9
14	8
15	8
16	8
17	8
18	8
19	7
20	7
21	7
22	7
23	7
24	7
25	7
26	7
27	7
28	8
29	8
30	8
31	8

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	4
2	15	4
3	15	4
4	15	3
5	15	3
6	15	3
7	15	3
8	15	3
9	15	3
10	15	3
11	15	3
12	15	3
13	15	3
14	15	3
15	15	3
16	15	3
17	15	3
18	15	3
19	15	3
20	16	3
21	16	3
22	16	3
23	16	3
24	16	3
25	16	3
26	16	3
27	16	3
28	16	3
29	16	3
30	16	4
31	16	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	66	34
4	65	35
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	68	32
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	69	31
23	69	31
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	70	30
31	71	29

	Rain chance (%)
1	8
2	8
3	8
4	9
5	9
6	9
7	9
8	9
9	9
10	9
11	9
12	9
13	9
14	8
15	8
16	8
17	8
18	8
19	7
20	7
21	7
22	7
23	7
24	7
25	7
26	7
27	7
28	8
29	8
30	8
31	8

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100