Leandro N. Alem weather in January

In January, Leandro N. Alem sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 172 mm of rain across 15.4 wet days and about 13.5 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 42 min at the start of January to 13 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Leandro N. Alem's 11th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Leandro N. Alem's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
1st warmest
Overnight low
21°
12th coldest
Rainfall
172 mm
15.4 wet days
Daylight
13 h 36 min
6:04 AM – 7:38 PM
Cloud cover
56%
11th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
6.43 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.9
out of 10

Leandro N. Alem is city in Misiones, Argentina.

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 31°C through the month.

A typical January day in Leandro N. Alem reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 35°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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How January really feels in Leandro N. Alem

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 31 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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Leandro N. Alem weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 1st-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 21°17215.413.53.9
Feb30° / 20°15715.1134.2
Mar29° / 19°14312.912.25.1
Apr26° / 17°16310.311.46.7
May22° / 13°1509.810.76.8
Jun21° / 12°1349.110.36.5
Jul20° / 11°1309.510.46.6
Aug23° / 13°978.3117.4
Sep25° / 14°15810.411.87.0
Oct27° / 16°22113.612.76.1
Nov29° / 18°17111.613.45.6
Dec31° / 20°17514.113.74.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 45%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Leandro N. Alem gets around 172 mm of rain over 15.4 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 50% and peaks near 52% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the oppressive band about 49% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 80% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1261827452
2261826462
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Wind in January

Winds average 8 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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 42 min at the start of January to 13 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:53 AM to 6:15 AM, and sunset from 7:36 PM to 7:34 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.75:537:36
213.75:547:36
313.75:547:36
413.75:557:37
513.75:567:37
613.75:567:37
713.75:577:37
813.75:587:37
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2413.46:107:36
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2713.46:127:35
2813.46:137:35
2913.46:147:35
3013.36:147:34
3113.36:157:34

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 6.43 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.61 kWh/m² to a high of 6.56 kWh/m² in December across the year — January's 6.43 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.5Intense
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316.1Intense
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Leandro N. Alem?

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

3.9
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
5.9
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Leandro N. Alem.

What to pack for Leandro N. Alem in January

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

In January, Leandro N. Alem sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Leandro N. Alem in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Leandro N. Alem peaks around January 19 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 4 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighModerateVery highExtremeJan 19UV 14Jun 21UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr8Very high
May5High
Jun4Moderate
Jul4Moderate
Aug5High
Sep8Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov11Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Leandro N. Alem in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Leandro N. Alem is worst in September — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.7× the cleanest month (March, 7 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1317 µg/m³Mar 157 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb7Good
Mar7Good
Apr7Good
May7Good
Jun8Good
Jul9Good
Aug14Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct11Good
Nov8Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Leandro N. Alem?

Leandro N. Alem sits at 27.6°S, 55.3°W, 302 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Oberá, 24 km away.

Topography around Leandro N. Alem

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Leandro N. Alem.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Leandro N. Alem has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 128 m around an average of 293 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 257 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 476 m.

The land around Leandro N. Alem is covered by trees (58%) and grassland (25%) within 3 km, trees (77%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (56%) and grassland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
128 m
16 km
257 m
80 km
476 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Oberá 24 km · Garupá 52 km · Apóstoles 55 km · Encarnación 62 km · Jardín América 63 km · Posadas 64 km · Trinidad 65 km · Santo Cristo 70 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 Leandro N. Alem (-27.6038°, -55.3237°, elevation 302 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).