Pilar weather in January

In January, Pilar sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 108 mm of rain across 10.1 wet days and about 13.8 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 14 hours at the start of January to 13 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Pilar's 10th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pilar's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
1st warmest
Overnight low
19°
12th coldest
Rainfall
108 mm
10.1 wet days
Daylight
13 h 54 min
6:29 AM – 8:21 PM
Cloud cover
45%
10th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
6.87 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.3
out of 10

Pilar is city in Córdoba, 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 30°C through the month.

A typical January day in Pilar reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 2°C warmer than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Pilar weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 19°10810.113.85.3
Feb28° / 18°899.813.26.3
Mar26° / 16°899.212.27.0
Apr23° / 13°61711.27.6
May20° / 294.310.47.2
Jun17° / 153106.5
Jul16° / 122.510.16.5
Aug19° / 152.410.87.7
Sep22° / 304.411.88.0
Oct25° / 13°688.212.87.4
Nov28° / 16°839.713.66.5
Dec30° / 18°10210.8145.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 33%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16436
26337
36238
46337
56337
66337
76436
86535
96535
106535
116733
126733
136733
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306733
316733

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Pilar gets around 108 mm of rain over 10.1 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 34% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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235
335
435
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735
834
934
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1234
1333
1433
1533
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1832
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2032
2132
2232
2332
2432
2532
2633
2733
2834
2934
3035
3135

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the muggy band about 32% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 39% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1152026327
2142026337
3142026337
4141926337
5141926347
6141926347
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20131930316
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22122031306
23112032307
24112032307
25112032307
26112032298
27101933308
28101933299
29111933289
301119332810
311118332710

Wind in January

Winds average 10 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 hours at the start of January to 13 h 36 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 6:18 AM to 6:42 AM, and sunset from 8:20 PM to 8:15 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.06:188:20
214.06:188:20
314.06:198:20
414.06:208:20
514.06:208:20
614.06:218:21
714.06:228:21
814.06:238:21
914.06:238:21
1013.96:248:21
1113.96:258:21
1213.96:268:21
1313.96:278:21
1413.96:278:21
1513.96:288:21
1613.96:298:21
1713.86:308:20
1813.86:318:20
1913.86:328:20
2013.86:338:20
2113.86:338:19
2213.76:348:19
2313.76:358:19
2413.76:368:19
2513.76:378:18
2613.76:388:18
2713.66:398:17
2813.66:408:17
2913.66:418:16
3013.66:418:16
3113.66:428:15

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 6.87 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.78 kWh/m² to a high of 7.03 kWh/m² in December across the year — January's 6.87 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.9Intense
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276.7Intense
286.7Intense
296.6Intense
306.6Intense
316.5Intense
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Pilar

In seasonPeak

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

Pilar's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is January a good time to visit Pilar?

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

5.3
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
7.1
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Pilar for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Pilar in January

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

In January, Pilar sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Pilar 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 Pilar peaks around January 19 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 3 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeHighModerateHighVery highExtremeJan 19UV 14Jun 21UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr6High
May4Moderate
Jun3Moderate
Jul4Moderate
Aug5Moderate
Sep7High
Oct10Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Pilar?

Pilar sits at 31.7°S, 63.9°W, 328 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Río Segundo, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Pilar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pilar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 32 m around an average of 332 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 96 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,882 m.

The land around Pilar is covered by cropland (54%) within 3 km, cropland (90%) within 16 km, and cropland (76%) within 80 km.

3 km
32 m
16 km
96 m
80 km
1,882 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
January weather nearby: Río Segundo 4.0 km · Villa del Rosario 36 km · Cordoba 42 km · Alta Gracia 52 km · La Calera 57 km · Villa Allende 58 km · Río Tercero 59 km · Unquillo 64 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 Pilar (-31.6813°, -63.8824°, elevation 328 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).