Río Cuarto weather in January

In January, Río Cuarto sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 97 mm of rain across 10.3 wet days and about 13.9 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in January, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 12 min at the start of January to 13 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Río Cuarto's 5th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Río Cuarto's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
1st warmest
Overnight low
19°
12th coldest
Rainfall
97 mm
10.3 wet days
Daylight
14 hours
6:28 AM – 8:26 PM
Cloud cover
43%
5th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
7.09 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.5
out of 10

Río Cuarto is city in Cordoba, Argentina.

Density
2,444/km²
people per km²
Founded
1786

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 29°C through the month.

A typical January day in Río Cuarto reaches about 29°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 24°C and 34°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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Río Cuarto weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 19°9710.313.95.5
Feb28° / 18°898.613.26.5
Mar26° / 16°889.412.37.0
Apr23° / 13°677.111.27.5
May19° / 344.810.36.9
Jun16° / 142.59.96.1
Jul15° / 112.4105.8
Aug18° / 202.710.87.2
Sep21° / 394.911.87.5
Oct24° / 13°849.412.87.3
Nov27° / 15°8810.313.76.7
Dec29° / 18°10710.714.15.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% 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 31%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16634
26634
36634
46634
56634
66634
76733
86733
96733
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116832
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267129
277030
287030
297030
306832
316832

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Río Cuarto gets around 97 mm of rain over 10.3 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 34% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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3134

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 33% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 30% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1192131253
2192131263
3192031263
4192031273
5192031273
6191931283
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Wind in January

Winds average 12 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
212calm
312calm
412calm
512calm
612calm
712calm
812calm
912calm
1012calm
1112calm
1212calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 12 min 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 36 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:16 AM to 6:41 AM, and sunset from 8:25 PM to 8:20 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.26:168:25
214.16:178:25
314.16:178:26
414.16:188:26
514.16:198:26
614.16:208:26
714.16:208:26
814.16:218:26
914.16:228:26
1014.16:238:26
1114.06:238:26
1214.06:248:26
1314.06:258:26
1414.06:268:26
1514.06:278:26
1614.06:288:26
1713.96:298:25
1813.96:298:25
1913.96:308:25
2013.96:318:25
2113.96:328:24
2213.96:338:24
2313.86:348:24
2413.86:358:23
2513.86:368:23
2613.86:378:23
2713.76:388:22
2813.76:398:22
2913.76:408:21
3013.76:418:21
3113.66:418:20

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 7.09 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.65 kWh/m² to a high of 7.28 kWh/m² in December across the year — January's 7.09 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.2Intense
27.1Intense
37.1Intense
47.1Intense
57.1Intense
67.1Intense
77.1Intense
87.1Intense
97.1Intense
107.1Intense
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217.1Intense
227.1Intense
237.1Intense
247.0Intense
257.0Intense
267.0Intense
277.0Intense
286.9Intense
296.9Intense
306.8Intense
316.8Intense
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Río Cuarto

In seasonPeak

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

Río Cuarto'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 Río Cuarto?

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

5.5
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
7.2
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Río Cuarto in January

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

In January, Río Cuarto sees daytime highs around 29°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 Río Cuarto 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 Río Cuarto peaks around January 18 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeModerateHighVery highExtremeJan 18UV 14Jun 21UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar10Extreme
Apr6High
May4Moderate
Jun3Moderate
Jul3Moderate
Aug4Moderate
Sep7High
Oct10Very high
Nov12Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Río Cuarto?

Río Cuarto sits at 33.1°S, 64.4°W, 429 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Embalse, 103 km away.

Topography around Río Cuarto

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Río Cuarto has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 48 m around an average of 440 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 165 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,788 m.

The land around Río Cuarto is covered by artificial surfaces (75%) within 3 km, cropland (86%) within 16 km, and cropland (84%) within 80 km.

3 km
48 m
16 km
165 m
80 km
1,788 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
January weather nearby: Embalse 103 km · Río Tercero 108 km · Villa Mercedes 119 km · Villa Nueva 129 km · Villa María 131 km · Laboulaye 142 km · Villa Dolores 153 km · Alta Gracia 165 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 Río Cuarto (-33.1304°, -64.3527°, elevation 429 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).