General Alvear weather in June

In June, General Alvear sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 13 mm of rain across 2.7 wet days and about 9.7 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% of the time in June, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 48 min at the start of June to 9 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is General Alvear's 11th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see General Alvear's year-round climate.

Daytime high
16°
11th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Rainfall
13 mm
2.7 wet days
Daylight
9 h 42 min
8:41 AM – 6:21 PM
Cloud cover
45%
11th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
2.59 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.

Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month.

A typical June day in General Alvear reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs about 3°C cooler than May and on par with July.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1176
2175
3165
4165
5165
6165
7165
8165
9165
10165
11165
12165
13164
14164
15154
16154
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21154
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27154
28154
29154
30154

How June really feels in General Alvear

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.

General Alvear weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 19°478.914.13.9
Feb31° / 18°527.113.34.9
Mar28° / 16°536.712.36.8
Apr23° / 11°395.111.17.9
May19° / 253.810.26.9
Jun16° / 132.79.75.8
Jul15° / 132.49.95.8
Aug18° / 183.110.77.3
Sep21° / 284.211.87.7
Oct25° / 12°577.312.97.6
Nov29° / 15°497.213.86.5
Dec32° / 18°578.114.34.7

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 37%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16337
26436
36436
46436
56535
66535
76535
86535
96535
106436
116337
126337
136337
146238
156139
166139
176139
186040
196040
206139
216139
226139
236139
246238
256337
266337
276337
286337
296535
306535

Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

General Alvear gets around 13 mm of rain over 2.7 wet days in June, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 9% and peaks near 11% on the wettest days.

0%10%20%30%151015202530
Rain chance (%)
18
28
38
48
58
68
78
89
99
1010
1110
1210
1310
1411
1511
1611
1711
1811
1911
2010
2110
2210
239
249
258
268
278
288
298
308

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
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100

Wind in June

Winds average 12 km/h in June.

Across June, 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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
212calm
312calm
412calm
512calm
612calm
712calm
812calm
912calm
1012calm
1112calm
1212calm
1312calm
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Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 48 min at the start of June to 9 h 42 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 8:33 AM to 8:44 AM, and sunset from 6:23 PM to 6:24 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202530
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.88:336:23
29.88:346:23
39.88:356:22
49.88:356:22
59.88:366:22
69.88:366:22
79.78:376:22
89.78:386:21
99.78:386:21
109.78:396:21
119.78:396:21
129.78:406:21
139.78:406:21
149.78:406:21
159.78:416:21
169.78:416:21
179.78:416:21
189.78:426:21
199.78:426:21
209.68:426:21
219.68:436:21
229.68:436:22
239.68:436:22
249.68:436:22
259.68:436:22
269.78:446:23
279.78:446:23
289.78:446:23
299.78:446:24
309.78:446:24

Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 2.59 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

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 — June's 2.59 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
12.7Moderate
22.7Moderate
32.7Moderate
42.7Moderate
52.6Moderate
62.6Moderate
72.6Moderate
82.6Moderate
92.6Moderate
102.6Moderate
112.6Moderate
122.6Moderate
132.6Moderate
142.5Moderate
152.5Moderate
162.5Moderate
172.5Moderate
182.5Moderate
192.5Moderate
202.5Moderate
212.5Moderate
222.5Moderate
232.5Moderate
242.5Moderate
252.6Moderate
262.6Moderate
272.6Moderate
282.6Moderate
292.6Moderate
302.6Moderate
Planning a trip in June

Is June a good time to visit General Alvear?

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

5.8
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
0.5
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for General Alvear in June

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

In June, General Alvear sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in General Alvear in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeModerateVery highExtremeJan 18UV 13Jun 19UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar10Very high
Apr5High
May4Moderate
Jun3Moderate
Jul3Moderate
Aug4Moderate
Sep6High
Oct9Very high
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme
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.

RivadaviaSan MartínTupungatoSan LuisPerdriel

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
16 km
62 m
80 km
1,336 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
June 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
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 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).