Pinamar weather in January

In January, Pinamar sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 78 mm of rain across 7.6 wet days and about 14.3 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 30 min at the start of January to 13 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Pinamar's 1st-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pinamar's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
1st warmest
Overnight low
19°
11th coldest
Rainfall
78 mm
7.6 wet days
Daylight
14 h 18 min
5:48 AM – 8:05 PM
Cloud cover
44%
1st clearest
Wind
22 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
7.37 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.4
out of 10

Pinamar is city in Buenos Aires province, Argentina.

Founded
1943

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 23°C through the month.

A typical January day in Pinamar reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C warmer than December and on par with February.

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

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan23° / 19°787.614.37.4
Feb23° / 19°817.613.47.3
Mar21° / 18°718.212.37.0
Apr19° / 15°917.811.16.4
May15° / 12°597.3105.1
Jun13° / 737.39.53.7
Jul11° / 667.39.73.0
Aug12° / 737.210.63.4
Sep13° / 10°707.411.73.9
Oct16° / 12°889.1135.0
Nov18° / 14°788.1146.4
Dec21° / 17°637.514.57.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in January, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 34%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16634
26634
36634
46634
56634
66634
76634
86634
96733
106733
116733
126832
136832
146832
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206832
216832
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236733
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266634
276535
286436
296436
306337
316238

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Pinamar gets around 78 mm of rain over 7.6 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 25% and peaks near 28% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
126
226
326
426
526
626
725
825
925
1025
1124
1224
1324
1424
1523
1623
1723
1823
1923
2023
2123
2223
2324
2424
2525
2625
2726
2826
2927
3027
3128

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 33% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 36% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1161934301
2162033301
3162033301
4162032301
5162132301
6162131301
7162131311
8162230311
9172229311
10172229311
11172228312
12172228312
13172227312
14172227322
15172227322
16172127332
17172126332
18172126342
19172026343
20172025353
21171925353
22171925364
23161825364
24161825374
25161825375
26161725375
27161724376
28161724376
29161724376
30171723367
31171723367

Wind in January

Winds average 22 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 21 km/h on the calmest days to 22 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
122breezy
222breezy
322breezy
422breezy
522breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 30 min at the start of January to 13 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 36 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:35 AM to 6:04 AM, and sunset from 8:06 PM to 7:58 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.55:358:06
214.55:368:06
314.55:378:06
414.55:388:06
514.55:388:06
614.55:398:06
714.45:408:07
814.45:418:07
914.45:428:06
1014.45:438:06
1114.45:438:06
1214.45:448:06
1314.35:458:06
1414.35:468:06
1514.35:478:06
1614.35:488:05
1714.35:498:05
1814.25:508:05
1914.25:518:04
2014.25:528:04
2114.25:538:04
2214.25:548:03
2314.15:558:03
2414.15:568:02
2514.15:578:02
2614.15:588:01
2714.05:598:01
2814.06:008:00
2914.06:017:59
3013.96:027:59
3113.96:047:58

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 7.37 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.05 kWh/m² to a high of 7.65 kWh/m² in December across the year — January's 7.37 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.6Intense
27.6Intense
37.6Intense
47.6Intense
57.6Intense
67.6Intense
77.6Intense
87.5Intense
97.5Intense
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227.3Intense
237.2Intense
247.2Intense
257.2Intense
267.1Intense
277.1Intense
287.0Intense
297.0Intense
306.9Intense
316.9Intense
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Pinamar?

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

7.4
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
5.5
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Pinamar for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Pinamar in January

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

In January, Pinamar sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 19°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes and a windbreaker. About 8 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothesa windbreaker

Sea temperature near Pinamar in January

The nearest coast averages about 21°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in February at about 21°C and coldest in August near 10°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jan 6 to Mar 22 — about 2.5 months when the water holds above 20°C.

10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan21Refreshing
Feb21Refreshing
Mar21Refreshing
Apr18Cool
May15Cool
Jun12Bracing
Jul10Bracing
Aug10Bracing
Sep12Bracing
Oct14Bracing
Nov16Cool
Dec19Cool

UV index in Pinamar in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Pinamar peaks around January 1 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highModerateHighVery highExtremeJan 1UV 12Jun 19UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar9Very high
Apr5High
May3Moderate
Jun2Moderate
Jul3Moderate
Aug3Moderate
Sep5Moderate
Oct7Very high
Nov10Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Pinamar?

Pinamar sits at 37.1°S, 56.9°W, 16 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Villa Gesell, 19 km away.

Topography around Pinamar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pinamar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 31 m around an average of 10 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 37 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 33 m.

The land around Pinamar is covered by trees (35%) and water (27%) within 3 km, water (48%) and grassland (25%) within 16 km, and grassland (44%) and water (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
31 m
16 km
37 m
80 km
33 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Villa Gesell 19 km · General Juan Madariaga 27 km · Mar de Ajó 46 km · Mar del Tuyú 62 km · Santa Teresita 65 km · Santa Clara del Mar 98 km · Dolores 114 km · Mar del Plata 116 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 Pinamar (-37.1111°, -56.8652°, elevation 16 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).