Palpalá weather in January

In January, Palpalá sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 305 mm of rain across 25.6 wet days and about 13.3 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in January, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 30 min at the start of January to 13 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Palpalá's 10th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Palpalá's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 16°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 305 mm; 25.6 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 18 min; 6:50 AM – 8:11 PM
Cloud cover: 76%; 10th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.6 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.4; out of 10

Palpalá is town in Jujuy, Argentina.

Density: 110/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1948

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

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month.

A typical January day in Palpalá reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 1°C warmer than February.

	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	31
Avg high (°C)	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	25	16
2	25	16
3	25	16
4	25	16
5	25	16
6	25	16
7	24	16
8	24	16
9	24	16
10	24	16
11	24	16
12	24	16
13	24	16
14	24	16
15	24	16
16	24	16
17	24	16
18	24	16
19	24	16
20	24	16
21	24	16
22	24	16
23	24	16
24	24	16
25	24	16
26	24	16
27	24	16
28	24	16
29	24	16
30	24	16
31	24	16

Palpalá 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	24° / 16°	305	25.6	0	13.3	4.4
Feb	23° / 16°	288	23.7	0	12.8	4.3
Mar	22° / 15°	319	25.7	0	12.2	4.1
Apr	20° / 12°	256	22.1	0	11.5	4.4
May	17° / 10°	168	18.8	0.3	10.8	4.4
Jun	16° / 7°	79	12.7	0.6	10.5	4.8
Jul	16° / 6°	60	10.8	1.1	10.7	5.1
Aug	18° / 7°	68	11.3	0.5	11.2	6.1
Sep	20° / 9°	124	15.6	0.4	11.8	5.7
Oct	22° / 12°	245	22.5	0.1	12.6	4.9
Nov	23° / 14°	285	22.1	0	13.2	4.8
Dec	24° / 16°	305	24.3	0	13.5	4.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%.

	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	31
Clearer (%)	25	25	24	24	23	23	23	23	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	22	22	21	21	22	22	22	22	21	21
Cloudier (%)	75	75	76	76	77	77	77	77	79	79	79	79	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	78	78	79	79	78	78	78	78	79	79

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	25	75
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	23	77
8	23	77
9	21	79
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	21	79
13	20	80
14	20	80
15	20	80
16	20	80
17	20	80
18	20	80
19	20	80
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	21	79
25	21	79
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	21	79
31	21	79

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Palpalá gets around 305 mm of rain over 25.6 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 82% and peaks near 84% on the wettest days.

	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	31
Rain chance (%)	78	79	79	80	80	81	81	81	82	82	82	83	83	83	83	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	83	83	83	83	84	84	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	78
2	79
3	79
4	80
5	80
6	81
7	81
8	81
9	82
10	82
11	82
12	83
13	83
14	83
15	83
16	84
17	84
18	84
19	84
20	84
21	84
22	84
23	84
24	84
25	83
26	83
27	83
28	83
29	84
30	84
31	84

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the humid band about 62% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 10% of them.

	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	31
Dry (%)	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
Comfortable (%)	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24
Humid (%)	62	60	61	61	61	61	61	60	60	60	59	59	60	60	60	61	61	61	61	63	63	63	63	63	63	64	64	63	63	63	61
Muggy (%)	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	3	26	62	9
2	3	27	60	10
3	2	27	61	10
4	2	27	61	10
5	2	27	61	10
6	2	27	61	10
7	2	27	61	10
8	2	28	60	10
9	2	28	60	10
10	2	28	60	10
11	2	28	59	11
12	2	28	59	11
13	2	28	60	10
14	2	28	60	10
15	2	28	60	10
16	2	27	61	10
17	2	27	61	10
18	2	27	61	10
19	2	27	61	10
20	2	26	63	9
21	2	26	63	9
22	2	26	63	9
23	2	26	63	9
24	2	25	63	10
25	2	25	63	10
26	2	24	64	10
27	2	24	64	10
28	2	24	63	11
29	2	24	63	11
30	2	24	63	11
31	3	24	61	12

Wind in January

Winds average 4 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 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	31
Wind speed (km/h)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
5	4	calm
6	4	calm
7	4	calm
8	4	calm
9	4	calm
10	4	calm
11	4	calm
12	4	calm
13	4	calm
14	4	calm
15	4	calm
16	4	calm
17	4	calm
18	4	calm
19	4	calm
20	4	calm
21	4	calm
22	4	calm
23	4	calm
24	4	calm
25	4	calm
26	4	calm
27	4	calm
28	4	calm
29	4	calm
30	4	calm
31	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 30 min at the start of January to 13 h 06 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 6:40 AM to 7:00 AM, and sunset from 8:08 PM to 8:08 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	31
Daylight (h)	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.1	13.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:00
Sunset (PM)	8:08	8:09	8:09	8:09	8:09	8:10	8:10	8:10	8:10	8:10	8:10	8:10	8:11	8:11	8:11	8:11	8:11	8:11	8:11	8:10	8:10	8:10	8:10	8:10	8:10	8:09	8:09	8:09	8:09	8:08	8:08

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.5	6:40	8:08
2	13.5	6:40	8:09
3	13.5	6:41	8:09
4	13.5	6:42	8:09
5	13.5	6:42	8:09
6	13.4	6:43	8:10
7	13.4	6:43	8:10
8	13.4	6:44	8:10
9	13.4	6:45	8:10
10	13.4	6:45	8:10
11	13.4	6:46	8:10
12	13.4	6:47	8:10
13	13.4	6:48	8:11
14	13.4	6:48	8:11
15	13.4	6:49	8:11
16	13.3	6:50	8:11
17	13.3	6:50	8:11
18	13.3	6:51	8:11
19	13.3	6:52	8:11
20	13.3	6:52	8:10
21	13.3	6:53	8:10
22	13.3	6:54	8:10
23	13.3	6:55	8:10
24	13.2	6:55	8:10
25	13.2	6:56	8:10
26	13.2	6:57	8:09
27	13.2	6:57	8:09
28	13.2	6:58	8:09
29	13.2	6:59	8:09
30	13.1	7:00	8:08
31	13.1	7:00	8:08

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.6 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.07 kWh/m² to a high of 5.76 kWh/m² in December across the year — January's 5.6 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	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	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4
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	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.9	Bright
2	5.9	Bright
3	5.9	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.8	Bright
6	5.8	Bright
7	5.8	Bright
8	5.8	Bright
9	5.7	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.7	Bright
12	5.7	Bright
13	5.6	Bright
14	5.6	Bright
15	5.6	Bright
16	5.6	Bright
17	5.6	Bright
18	5.5	Bright
19	5.5	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.5	Bright
25	5.5	Bright
26	5.5	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.4	Bright
29	5.4	Bright
30	5.4	Bright
31	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Palpalá?

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

4.4

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

3.8

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Palpalá for sightseeing.

What to pack for Palpalá in January

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

In January, Palpalá sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 16°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Palpalá in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 16 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Palpalá 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	16	15	13	9	7	6	5	8	10	11	14	15
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	High	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	16	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	9	Very high
May	7	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	5	High
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	15	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Palpalá?

Palpalá sits at 24.3°S, 65.2°W, 1,058 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is San Salvador de Jujuy, 11 km away.

Topography around Palpalá

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Palpalá has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 137 m around an average of 1,124 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,263 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,486 m.

The land around Palpalá is covered by artificial surfaces (34%) and cropland (25%) within 3 km, trees (63%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) within 80 km.

3 km

137 m

artificial surfaces 34%

16 km

1,263 m

trees 63%

80 km

5,486 m

trees 52%

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← December Palpalá year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: San Salvador de Jujuy 11 km · San Pedro de Jujuy 35 km · General Güemes 49 km · San Lorenzo 60 km · Salta 64 km · Libertador General San Martín 65 km · San José de los Cerrillos 76 km · Rosario de Lerma 89 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 Palpalá (-24.258°, -65.2136°, elevation 1,058 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	25	16
2	25	16
3	25	16
4	25	16
5	25	16
6	25	16
7	24	16
8	24	16
9	24	16
10	24	16
11	24	16
12	24	16
13	24	16
14	24	16
15	24	16
16	24	16
17	24	16
18	24	16
19	24	16
20	24	16
21	24	16
22	24	16
23	24	16
24	24	16
25	24	16
26	24	16
27	24	16
28	24	16
29	24	16
30	24	16
31	24	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	25	75
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	23	77
8	23	77
9	21	79
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	21	79
13	20	80
14	20	80
15	20	80
16	20	80
17	20	80
18	20	80
19	20	80
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	21	79
25	21	79
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	21	79
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	78
2	79
3	79
4	80
5	80
6	81
7	81
8	81
9	82
10	82
11	82
12	83
13	83
14	83
15	83
16	84
17	84
18	84
19	84
20	84
21	84
22	84
23	84
24	84
25	83
26	83
27	83
28	83
29	84
30	84
31	84

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	3	26	62	9
2	3	27	60	10
3	2	27	61	10
4	2	27	61	10
5	2	27	61	10
6	2	27	61	10
7	2	27	61	10
8	2	28	60	10
9	2	28	60	10
10	2	28	60	10
11	2	28	59	11
12	2	28	59	11
13	2	28	60	10
14	2	28	60	10
15	2	28	60	10
16	2	27	61	10
17	2	27	61	10
18	2	27	61	10
19	2	27	61	10
20	2	26	63	9
21	2	26	63	9
22	2	26	63	9
23	2	26	63	9
24	2	25	63	10
25	2	25	63	10
26	2	24	64	10
27	2	24	64	10
28	2	24	63	11
29	2	24	63	11
30	2	24	63	11
31	3	24	61	12

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	25	16
2	25	16
3	25	16
4	25	16
5	25	16
6	25	16
7	24	16
8	24	16
9	24	16
10	24	16
11	24	16
12	24	16
13	24	16
14	24	16
15	24	16
16	24	16
17	24	16
18	24	16
19	24	16
20	24	16
21	24	16
22	24	16
23	24	16
24	24	16
25	24	16
26	24	16
27	24	16
28	24	16
29	24	16
30	24	16
31	24	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	25	75
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	23	77
8	23	77
9	21	79
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	21	79
13	20	80
14	20	80
15	20	80
16	20	80
17	20	80
18	20	80
19	20	80
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	21	79
25	21	79
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	21	79
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	78
2	79
3	79
4	80
5	80
6	81
7	81
8	81
9	82
10	82
11	82
12	83
13	83
14	83
15	83
16	84
17	84
18	84
19	84
20	84
21	84
22	84
23	84
24	84
25	83
26	83
27	83
28	83
29	84
30	84
31	84

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	3	26	62	9
2	3	27	60	10
3	2	27	61	10
4	2	27	61	10
5	2	27	61	10
6	2	27	61	10
7	2	27	61	10
8	2	28	60	10
9	2	28	60	10
10	2	28	60	10
11	2	28	59	11
12	2	28	59	11
13	2	28	60	10
14	2	28	60	10
15	2	28	60	10
16	2	27	61	10
17	2	27	61	10
18	2	27	61	10
19	2	27	61	10
20	2	26	63	9
21	2	26	63	9
22	2	26	63	9
23	2	26	63	9
24	2	25	63	10
25	2	25	63	10
26	2	24	64	10
27	2	24	64	10
28	2	24	63	11
29	2	24	63	11
30	2	24	63	11
31	3	24	61	12

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	25	16
2	25	16
3	25	16
4	25	16
5	25	16
6	25	16
7	24	16
8	24	16
9	24	16
10	24	16
11	24	16
12	24	16
13	24	16
14	24	16
15	24	16
16	24	16
17	24	16
18	24	16
19	24	16
20	24	16
21	24	16
22	24	16
23	24	16
24	24	16
25	24	16
26	24	16
27	24	16
28	24	16
29	24	16
30	24	16
31	24	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	25	75
2	25	75
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	23	77
8	23	77
9	21	79
10	21	79
11	21	79
12	21	79
13	20	80
14	20	80
15	20	80
16	20	80
17	20	80
18	20	80
19	20	80
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	21	79
25	21	79
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	21	79
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	78
2	79
3	79
4	80
5	80
6	81
7	81
8	81
9	82
10	82
11	82
12	83
13	83
14	83
15	83
16	84
17	84
18	84
19	84
20	84
21	84
22	84
23	84
24	84
25	83
26	83
27	83
28	83
29	84
30	84
31	84

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	3	26	62	9
2	3	27	60	10
3	2	27	61	10
4	2	27	61	10
5	2	27	61	10
6	2	27	61	10
7	2	27	61	10
8	2	28	60	10
9	2	28	60	10
10	2	28	60	10
11	2	28	59	11
12	2	28	59	11
13	2	28	60	10
14	2	28	60	10
15	2	28	60	10
16	2	27	61	10
17	2	27	61	10
18	2	27	61	10
19	2	27	61	10
20	2	26	63	9
21	2	26	63	9
22	2	26	63	9
23	2	26	63	9
24	2	25	63	10
25	2	25	63	10
26	2	24	64	10
27	2	24	64	10
28	2	24	63	11
29	2	24	63	11
30	2	24	63	11
31	3	24	61	12