Las Heras weather in January

In January, Las Heras sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 8 mm of rain across 2.5 wet days and about 15.2 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 36 min at the start of January to 14 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Las Heras's 1st-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Las Heras's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
1st warmest
Overnight low
12°
12th coldest
Rainfall
8 mm
2.5 wet days
Daylight
15 h 12 min
6:08 AM – 9:22 PM
Cloud cover
45%
1st clearest
Wind
25 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
7.8 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.3
out of 10

Las Heras is city in Santa Cruz, Argentina.

Density
194/km²
people per km²
Founded
1914

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 25°C through the month.

A typical January day in Las Heras reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C warmer than December and about 1°C warmer than February.

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How January really feels in Las Heras

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January 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

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Las Heras weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 1st-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan25° / 12°82.5015.28.3
Feb24° / 12°142.60148.3
Mar21° / 10°173.1012.47.7
Apr16° / 173.90.110.76.1
May11° / 244.819.23.4
Jun / 275.82.58.41.2
Jul / -0°184.52.38.81.2
Aug10° / 205.11.6102.7
Sep14° / 194.70.811.64.6
Oct18° / 153.80.313.36.7
Nov21° / 162.9014.87.6
Dec23° / 11°133.2015.68.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in January, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 33%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16337
26436
36436
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Las Heras gets around 8 mm of rain over 2.5 wet days in January, 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 10% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
110
210
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410
59
69
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98
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3110

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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Wind in January

Winds average 25 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 23 km/h on the calmest days to 26 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
126breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 36 min at the start of January to 14 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 54 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:52 AM to 6:28 AM, and sunset from 9:26 PM to 9:10 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.65:529:26
215.65:539:26
315.55:549:26
415.55:559:26
515.55:569:26
615.55:579:26
715.55:589:26
815.45:599:25
915.46:009:25
1015.46:019:25
1115.46:029:24
1215.46:039:24
1315.36:049:24
1415.36:059:23
1515.36:079:23
1615.26:089:22
1715.26:099:22
1815.26:109:21
1915.16:129:20
2015.16:139:20
2115.16:149:19
2215.06:169:18
2315.06:179:17
2415.06:189:17
2514.96:209:16
2614.96:219:15
2714.96:239:14
2814.86:249:13
2914.86:259:12
3014.76:279:11
3114.76:289:10

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 7.8 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.36 kWh/m² to a high of 8.04 kWh/m² in December across the year — January's 7.8 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
18.1Intense
28.1Intense
38.1Intense
48.1Intense
58.1Intense
68.0Intense
78.0Intense
88.0Intense
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257.5Intense
267.4Intense
277.4Intense
287.3Intense
297.3Intense
307.2Intense
317.2Intense
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Las Heras?

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

8.3
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.3
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Las Heras for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Las Heras in January

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

In January, Las Heras sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 12°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes and a windbreaker.

sun protectionlight clothesa windbreaker

UV index in Las Heras in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Las Heras peaks around December 24 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highModerateLowModerateHighVery highDec 24UV 11Jun 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb10Very high
Mar6High
Apr3Moderate
May2Low
Jun1Low
Jul1Low
Aug2Low
Sep3Moderate
Oct6High
Nov8Very high
Dec11Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Las Heras?

Las Heras sits at 46.5°S, 68.9°W, 324 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Pico Truncado, 80 km away.

CoyhaiquePuerto DeseadoPuerto AysénEl ChaltenEsquel

Topography around Las Heras

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Las Heras has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 38 m around an average of 334 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 462 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,258 m.

The land around Las Heras is covered by grassland (44%), bare terrain (30%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, grassland (65%) and bare terrain (30%) within 16 km, and grassland (69%) and bare terrain (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
38 m
16 km
462 m
80 km
1,258 m
shrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Pico Truncado 80 km · Caleta Olivia 108 km · Comodoro Rivadavia 134 km · Coyhaique 265 km · Puerto Deseado 266 km · Puerto Aysén 317 km · El Chalten 428 km · Esquel 445 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 Las Heras (-46.5413°, -68.9323°, elevation 324 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).