Pichanal weather in January

In January, Pichanal sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 206 mm of rain across 16.2 wet days and about 13.3 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 24 min at the start of January to 13 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Pichanal's 10th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pichanal's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
22°
12th coldest
Rainfall
206 mm
16.2 wet days
Daylight
13 h 18 min
6:47 AM – 8:05 PM
Cloud cover
67%
10th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.67 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.1
out of 10

Pichanal is human settlement in Argentina.

Founded
1912

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 33°C through the month.

A typical January day in Pichanal reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°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 38°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 Pichanal

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.

Pichanal weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 22°20616.213.33.1
Feb31° / 22°20215.212.83.6
Mar29° / 21°1851512.24.7
Apr26° / 18°9310.511.56.4
May23° / 15°315.910.97.5
Jun22° / 12°133.310.67.8
Jul23° / 10°92.610.78.4
Aug27° / 12°81.811.28.1
Sep30° / 16°163.311.96.0
Oct32° / 19°668.412.54.1
Nov33° / 21°11511.713.13.4
Dec33° / 22°19215.713.43.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% 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 63%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13862
23862
33862
43763
53862
63862
73862
83763
93763
103763
113664
123664
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Pichanal gets around 206 mm of rain over 16.2 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 53% and peaks near 55% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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953
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1953
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2153
2253
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3155

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 50% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 89% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
114831515
214831515
303831535
403831526
503931516
603931516
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Wind in January

Winds average 6 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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 24 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 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:38 AM to 6:58 AM, and sunset from 8:02 PM to 8:03 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.46:388:02
213.46:388:03
313.46:398:03
413.46:408:03
513.46:408:03
613.46:418:04
713.46:418:04
813.46:428:04
913.46:438:04
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1113.36:448:05
1213.36:458:05
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2713.16:558:04
2813.16:568:03
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3013.16:578:03
3113.16:588:03

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.67 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.86 kWh/m² to a high of 5.67 kWh/m² in January across the year — January's 5.67 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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

Hazard calendar for Pichanal

In seasonPeak

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

Pichanal's monsoon runs November–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Pichanal?

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

3.1
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
5.3
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Pichanal.

What to pack for Pichanal in January

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

In January, Pichanal sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Pichanal 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 Pichanal peaks around January 18 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 11 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 18UV 15Jul 11UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr9Very high
May7High
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug8Very high
Sep10Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Pichanal 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 Pichanal is worst in September — around 36 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 8.2× the cleanest month (May, 4 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateModerateSep 2135 µg/m³May 135 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb8Good
Mar7Good
Apr5Good
May4Good
Jun7Good
Jul8Good
Aug15Moderate
Sep36Poor
Oct32Moderate
Nov27Moderate
Dec17Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Pichanal?

Pichanal sits at 23.3°S, 64.2°W, 307 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Embarcación, 17 km away.

Topography around Pichanal

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pichanal has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 32 m around an average of 305 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 195 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,207 m.

The land around Pichanal is covered by cropland (48%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, cropland (49%) and trees (38%) within 16 km, and trees (62%) and cropland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
32 m
16 km
195 m
80 km
4,207 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Embarcación 17 km · San Ramón de la Nueva Orán 23 km · Santa Rosa 23 km · Bermejo 66 km · Libertador General San Martín 81 km · General Mosconi 90 km · Tartagal 98 km · San Pedro de Jujuy 121 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 Pichanal (-23.3164°, -64.2183°, elevation 307 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).