Río Tercero weather in January

In January, Río Tercero sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 119 mm of rain across 11.7 wet days and about 13.9 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-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 45% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 06 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 Tercero's 9th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Río Tercero's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
1st warmest
Overnight low
18°
12th coldest
Rainfall
119 mm
11.7 wet days
Daylight
13 h 54 min
6:29 AM – 8:23 PM
Cloud cover
46%
9th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
6.94 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.4
out of 10

Río Tercero is city in the Córdoba Province.

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 Tercero reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°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 33°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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Río Tercero 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
Jan29° / 18°11911.713.95.4
Feb27° / 17°10910.713.26.4
Mar26° / 16°981012.27.0
Apr23° / 13°697.411.27.5
May19° / 334.510.47.0
Jun16° / 132.39.96.2
Jul16° / 122.310.16.1
Aug19° / 172.410.87.5
Sep22° / 354.711.87.8
Oct24° / 12°788.712.87.3
Nov27° / 15°9310.813.66.6
Dec29° / 17°11911.514.15.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 34%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16337
26238
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46139
56238
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76238
86337
96436
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Río Tercero gets around 119 mm of rain over 11.7 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 38% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 31% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 37% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1162027315
2162027326
3152027326
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28111835296
29111835297
30111835287
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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 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 06 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 30 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:17 AM to 6:42 AM, and sunset from 8:22 PM to 8:17 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.16:178:22
214.16:188:22
314.16:198:22
414.16:198:22
514.06:208:23
614.06:218:23
714.06:228:23
814.06:228:23
914.06:238:23
1014.06:248:23
1114.06:258:23
1214.06:268:23
1313.96:268:23
1413.96:278:23
1513.96:288:23
1613.96:298:23
1713.96:308:22
1813.96:318:22
1913.86:328:22
2013.86:328:22
2113.86:338:21
2213.86:348:21
2313.86:358:21
2413.76:368:20
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2713.76:398:19
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2913.66:408:18
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 6.94 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.73 kWh/m² to a high of 7.11 kWh/m² in December across the year — January's 6.94 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.0Intense
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37.0Intense
47.0Intense
57.0Intense
67.0Intense
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286.7Intense
296.7Intense
306.7Intense
316.6Intense
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Río Tercero

In seasonPeak

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

Río Tercero'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 Tercero?

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

5.4
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
6.9
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Río Tercero in January

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

In January, Río Tercero sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Río Tercero 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 Tercero 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
Jul3Moderate
Aug5Moderate
Sep7High
Oct10Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Río Tercero?

Río Tercero sits at 32.2°S, 64.1°W, 372 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Embalse, 27 km away.

Topography around Río Tercero

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Río Tercero has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 43 m around an average of 381 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 166 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,550 m.

The land around Río Tercero is covered by artificial surfaces (37%), cropland (32%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, cropland (88%) within 16 km, and cropland (70%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
43 m
16 km
166 m
80 km
2,550 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Embalse 27 km · Pilar 59 km · Río Segundo 62 km · Alta Gracia 66 km · Cordoba 86 km · Villa María 86 km · Villa Nueva 86 km · Villa del Rosario 88 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 Tercero (-32.1767°, -64.1129°, elevation 372 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).