General Pico weather in September

In September, General Pico sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 55 mm of rain across 5.8 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% of the time in September, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 12 min at the start of September to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is General Pico's 8th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see General Pico's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 55 mm; 5.8 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 7:16 AM – 7:03 PM
Cloud cover: 47%; 8th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 4.69 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.0; out of 10

General Pico is city in the northeast of La Pampa Province, Argentina.

Founded: 1905

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

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Temperature in September

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical September day in General Pico reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs about 3°C warmer than August and about 3°C cooler than October.

	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
Avg high (°C)	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

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

General Pico weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 8th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 18°	92	8.9	14.1	5.7
Feb	28° / 17°	82	7.6	13.3	6.5
Mar	26° / 15°	96	7.8	12.3	7.3
Apr	22° / 12°	78	7.1	11.1	7.3
May	18° / 8°	34	4.6	10.1	6.4
Jun	15° / 5°	18	3	9.6	5.1
Jul	14° / 4°	17	3	9.8	4.9
Aug	17° / 5°	31	4.1	10.7	6.4
Sep	20° / 8°	55	5.8	11.8	7.0
Oct	22° / 11°	91	9.5	12.9	7.0
Nov	26° / 14°	90	8.8	13.9	7.2
Dec	29° / 17°	85	8.4	14.4	6.2

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 40%.

	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
Clearer (%)	59	58	58	58	58	58	58	60	60	60	61	61	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	61	61	60	60	59	58	58	57	57	56	57
Cloudier (%)	41	42	42	42	42	42	42	40	40	40	39	39	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	39	39	40	40	41	42	42	43	43	44	43

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	58	42
6	58	42
7	58	42
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	62	38
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	62	38
20	61	39
21	61	39
22	60	40
23	60	40
24	59	41
25	58	42
26	58	42
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	56	44
30	57	43

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

General Pico gets around 55 mm of rain over 5.8 wet days in September. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 19% and peaks near 25% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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
Rain chance (%)	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	20	20	21	22	22	23	23	24	24	25

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

Humidity in September

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, September lands in the dry band about 96% 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
Dry (%)	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	96	96	97	97	97	96	96	95	95	94	94	93	93
Comfortable (%)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	7
Humid (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	96	3	1
2	96	3	1
3	96	3	1
4	96	3	1
5	96	3	1
6	96	3	1
7	96	3	1
8	96	3	1
9	96	3	1
10	96	3	1
11	96	3	1
12	96	3	1
13	96	3	1
14	97	2	1
15	97	2	1
16	97	2	1
17	97	2	1
18	96	3	1
19	96	3	1
20	97	3	0
21	97	3	0
22	97	3	0
23	96	4	0
24	96	4	0
25	95	5	0
26	95	5	0
27	94	6	0
28	94	6	0
29	93	7	0
30	93	7	0

Wind in September

Winds average 13 km/h in September.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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
Wind speed (km/h)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Feels	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	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 min at the start of September to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 7:38 AM to 6:55 AM, and sunset from 6:51 PM to 7:14 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
Daylight (h)	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:38	7:37	7:36	7:34	7:33	7:31	7:30	7:28	7:27	7:25	7:24	7:22	7:21	7:19	7:18	7:16	7:14	7:13	7:11	7:10	7:08	7:07	7:05	7:04	7:02	7:01	6:59	6:58	6:56	6:55
Sunset (PM)	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:11	7:12	7:13	7:14

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	7:38	6:51
2	11.2	7:37	6:52
3	11.3	7:36	6:53
4	11.3	7:34	6:53
5	11.4	7:33	6:54
6	11.4	7:31	6:55
7	11.4	7:30	6:56
8	11.5	7:28	6:56
9	11.5	7:27	6:57
10	11.5	7:25	6:58
11	11.6	7:24	6:59
12	11.6	7:22	7:00
13	11.7	7:21	7:00
14	11.7	7:19	7:01
15	11.7	7:18	7:02
16	11.8	7:16	7:03
17	11.8	7:14	7:03
18	11.9	7:13	7:04
19	11.9	7:11	7:05
20	11.9	7:10	7:06
21	12.0	7:08	7:07
22	12.0	7:07	7:07
23	12.0	7:05	7:08
24	12.1	7:04	7:09
25	12.1	7:02	7:10
26	12.2	7:01	7:11
27	12.2	6:59	7:11
28	12.2	6:58	7:12
29	12.3	6:56	7:13
30	12.3	6:55	7:14

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 4.69 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.3 kWh/m² to a high of 7.7 kWh/m² in December across the year — September's 4.69 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.0	Bright
2	4.1	Bright
3	4.1	Bright
4	4.2	Bright
5	4.2	Bright
6	4.3	Bright
7	4.3	Bright
8	4.4	Bright
9	4.4	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.6	Bright
13	4.6	Bright
14	4.7	Bright
15	4.7	Bright
16	4.8	Bright
17	4.8	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	4.9	Bright
20	5.0	Bright
21	5.0	Bright
22	5.0	Bright
23	5.0	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.1	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.1	Bright
29	5.1	Bright
30	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in September

Is September a good time to visit General Pico?

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

7.0

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

3.5

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

September is one of the better times to visit General Pico for general sightseeing.

What to pack for General Pico in September

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

In September, General Pico sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

sun protection

UV index in General Pico in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September 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 General Pico peaks around January 15 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 2 (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)	13	12	9	6	3	2	3	4	6	9	11	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	6	High
May	3	Moderate
Jun	2	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	6	High
Oct	9	Very high
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is General Pico?

General Pico sits at 35.7°S, 63.8°W, 112 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is General Villegas, 97 km away.

Topography around General Pico

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around General Pico has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 19 m around an average of 141 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 41 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 150 m.

The land around General Pico is covered by artificial surfaces (46%), cropland (22%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, cropland (84%) within 16 km, and cropland (91%) within 80 km.

3 km

19 m

artificial surfaces 46%

16 km

41 m

cropland 84%

80 km

150 m

cropland 91%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

← August General Pico year-round climate October →Best places to visit in September

September weather nearby: General Villegas 97 km · Trenque Lauquen 99 km · Santa Rosa 117 km · Toay 126 km · Pehuajó 169 km · Laboulaye 174 km · Rufino 182 km · General Acha 206 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 Pico (-35.6593°, -63.7579°, elevation 112 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	18	7
2	19	7
3	19	7
4	19	7
5	19	7
6	19	7
7	19	7
8	19	7
9	19	7
10	19	7
11	19	8
12	19	8
13	20	8
14	20	8
15	20	8
16	20	8
17	20	8
18	20	8
19	20	8
20	20	8
21	20	8
22	20	9
23	20	9
24	20	9
25	21	9
26	21	9
27	21	9
28	21	9
29	21	9
30	21	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	58	42
6	58	42
7	58	42
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	62	38
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	62	38
20	61	39
21	61	39
22	60	40
23	60	40
24	59	41
25	58	42
26	58	42
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	56	44
30	57	43

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	96	3	1
2	96	3	1
3	96	3	1
4	96	3	1
5	96	3	1
6	96	3	1
7	96	3	1
8	96	3	1
9	96	3	1
10	96	3	1
11	96	3	1
12	96	3	1
13	96	3	1
14	97	2	1
15	97	2	1
16	97	2	1
17	97	2	1
18	96	3	1
19	96	3	1
20	97	3	0
21	97	3	0
22	97	3	0
23	96	4	0
24	96	4	0
25	95	5	0
26	95	5	0
27	94	6	0
28	94	6	0
29	93	7	0
30	93	7	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	58	42
6	58	42
7	58	42
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	62	38
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	62	38
20	61	39
21	61	39
22	60	40
23	60	40
24	59	41
25	58	42
26	58	42
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	56	44
30	57	43

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	96	3	1
2	96	3	1
3	96	3	1
4	96	3	1
5	96	3	1
6	96	3	1
7	96	3	1
8	96	3	1
9	96	3	1
10	96	3	1
11	96	3	1
12	96	3	1
13	96	3	1
14	97	2	1
15	97	2	1
16	97	2	1
17	97	2	1
18	96	3	1
19	96	3	1
20	97	3	0
21	97	3	0
22	97	3	0
23	96	4	0
24	96	4	0
25	95	5	0
26	95	5	0
27	94	6	0
28	94	6	0
29	93	7	0
30	93	7	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	58	42
6	58	42
7	58	42
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	62	38
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	62	38
19	62	38
20	61	39
21	61	39
22	60	40
23	60	40
24	59	41
25	58	42
26	58	42
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	56	44
30	57	43

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	96	3	1
2	96	3	1
3	96	3	1
4	96	3	1
5	96	3	1
6	96	3	1
7	96	3	1
8	96	3	1
9	96	3	1
10	96	3	1
11	96	3	1
12	96	3	1
13	96	3	1
14	97	2	1
15	97	2	1
16	97	2	1
17	97	2	1
18	96	3	1
19	96	3	1
20	97	3	0
21	97	3	0
22	97	3	0
23	96	4	0
24	96	4	0
25	95	5	0
26	95	5	0
27	94	6	0
28	94	6	0
29	93	7	0
30	93	7	0