General Güemes weather in January

In January, General Güemes sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 147 mm of rain across 16.8 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 30 min at the start of January to 13 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is General Güemes's 10th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see General Güemes's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
19°
12th coldest
Rainfall
147 mm
16.8 wet days
Daylight
13 h 24 min
6:48 AM – 8:11 PM
Cloud cover
69%
10th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.58 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.5
out of 10

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical January day in General Güemes reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 1°C warmer than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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General Güemes weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 19°14716.813.44.5
Feb28° / 19°12814.712.95.2
Mar26° / 18°10314.412.25.8
Apr24° / 15°44811.47.1
May21° / 11°153.610.87.4
Jun20° / 51.510.57.7
Jul20° / 41.410.68.0
Aug23° / 61.411.18.7
Sep26° / 12°71.811.88.3
Oct28° / 16°306.212.66.6
Nov29° / 17°509.113.25.5
Dec30° / 19°11214.613.54.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 66%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13664
23664
33565
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113565
123466
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313466

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

General Güemes gets around 147 mm of rain over 16.8 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 55% and peaks near 57% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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3152

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the muggy band about 45% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 46% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
141537431
231537441
331536451
431536451
521535461
621634461
721634471
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Wind in January

Winds average 5 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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 January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 30 min at the start of January to 13 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:38 AM to 6:59 AM, and sunset from 8:09 PM to 8:08 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.56:388:09
213.56:398:09
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413.56:408:09
513.56:418:10
613.56:418:10
713.56:428:10
813.56:438:10
913.46:438:10
1013.46:448:10
1113.46:458:11
1213.46:458:11
1313.46:468:11
1413.46:478:11
1513.46:478:11
1613.46:488:11
1713.46:498:11
1813.46:508:11
1913.36:508:11
2013.36:518:11
2113.36:528:10
2213.36:538:10
2313.36:538:10
2413.36:548:10
2513.36:558:10
2613.26:558:10
2713.26:568:09
2813.26:578:09
2913.26:588:09
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3113.26:598:08

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.58 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.86 kWh/m² to a high of 5.61 kWh/m² in December across the year — January's 5.58 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.3Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for General Güemes

In seasonPeak

In January, General Güemes sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

General Güemes'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 January a good time to visit General Güemes?

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

4.5
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
5.7
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit General Güemes for sightseeing.

What to pack for General Güemes in January

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

In January, General Güemes sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in General Güemes in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in General Güemes peaks around January 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 10 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 15Jul 10UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr9Very high
May7High
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug7Very high
Sep10Very high
Oct11Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec15Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is General Güemes?

General Güemes sits at 24.7°S, 65.0°W, 696 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Salta, 40 km away.

Topography around General Güemes

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around General Güemes has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 85 m around an average of 736 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 716 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,196 m.

The land around General Güemes is covered by cropland (40%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, trees (48%) and cropland (34%) within 16 km, and trees (68%) within 80 km.

3 km
85 m
16 km
716 m
80 km
5,196 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
January weather nearby: Salta 40 km · San Lorenzo 45 km · Palpalá 49 km · San José de los Cerrillos 51 km · San Pedro de Jujuy 53 km · San Salvador de Jujuy 59 km · Rosario de Lerma 64 km · San José de Metán 92 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 Güemes (-24.6745°, -65.0466°, elevation 696 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).