Climate and average weather in Rufino

In Rufino, the summers are hot, showery, and mostly clear and the winters are cool and mostly clear.

Best: early August to late December

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Rufino typically varies from 5°C to 29°C, and is rarely below -1°C or above 34°C. January is the hottest month of the year, while July is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Rufino for warm-weather activities are from late January to early June and early August to late December.

Hottest
Jan
29°
Coldest
Jul
Wettest
Dec
117 mm
Driest
Jul
19 mm
Rain / yr
905 mm
84 wet days
Daylight
9.7–14.3 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
116 m
34.3°S
Clearest
Jan
40% cloud

Rufino is city in Santa Fe Province, Argentina.

Density
22/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Rufino weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early August to late December.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Rufino, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 4.2 months, from November 11 to March 19, with daily high temperatures above 26°C. The hottest month of the year in Rufino is January, with an average high of 29°C and low of 18°C.

The cool season lasts 2.8 months, from May 23 to August 14, with daily high temperatures below 18°C. The coldest month of the year in Rufino is July, with an average low of 5°C and high of 15°C.

Days typically run about 11°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2918
Feb2818
Mar2616
Apr2212
May199
Jun166
Jul155
Aug186
Sep209
Oct2312
Nov2615
Dec2817

Average hourly temperature in Rufino

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on January afternoons, near 29°C, and coldest before dawn in July, near C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Rufino weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 18°1049.3145.8
Feb28° / 18°1058.513.36.6
Mar26° / 16°1078.612.37.2
Apr22° / 12°887.811.27.3
May19° / 475.210.26.7
Jun16° / 203.29.85.6
Jul15° / 193.59.95.3
Aug18° / 323.410.76.8
Sep20° / 586.211.87.1
Oct23° / 12°1099.912.97.0
Nov26° / 15°989.113.87.0
Dec28° / 17°1179.714.26.2

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Rufino gets about 905 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 7.0 months, from around Sep 23 to Apr 22, peaking in November at about 33% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 22.

December is the wettest month by volume, with 117 mm over about 10 wet days; July is the driest, with 19 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetNov 30 · 33%Jul 22 · 10%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan309
Feb309
Mar289
Apr258
May175
Jun123
Jul114
Aug123
Sep206
Oct3110
Nov309
Dec3210

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Rufino collects about 905 mm of rain across 84 wet days — roughly 75 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. December is the wettest month with 117 mm, while July is the driest at just 19 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 37% of the year’s total.

0255075100125150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec10410510788472019325810998117
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan1049
Feb1059
Mar1079
Apr888
May475
Jun203
Jul194
Aug323
Sep586
Oct10910
Nov989
Dec11710

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Rufino, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around November 6 and lasts for 4.8 months, ending around March 31. The clearest month is January, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 70% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around April 1 and lasts for 3.9 months, ending around July 29. The cloudiest month is May, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 49% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 21 · 72%May 23 · 47%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan7030
Feb6832
Mar6436
Apr6040
May5149
Jun5248
Jul5842
Aug6436
Sep6337
Oct5644
Nov6436
Dec6931

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around January 1, brings about 14 h 18 min of light; the shortest, around June 13, only 9 h 42 min — a swing of roughly 4 h 36 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan14.06:198:22
Feb13.36:478:04
Mar12.37:137:28
Apr11.27:376:45
May10.28:006:14
Jun9.88:196:03
Jul9.98:196:14
Aug10.77:546:36
Sep11.87:116:59
Oct12.96:307:22
Nov13.86:027:51
Dec14.25:598:15

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Rufino averages about 14 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 10 and 17 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.5 months, from around Nov 9 to Apr 24. The sunniest month is January, with roughly 17 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is May, down near 12 sunny days — about 30% fewer than the January peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightJan 2217 daysMay 2310 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan17Bright
Feb15Bright
Mar16Bright
Apr15Mixed
May12Mixed
Jun12Mixed
Jul14Mixed
Aug16Bright
Sep15Mixed
Oct13Mixed
Nov15Bright
Dec16Bright

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Rufino, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 4.6 months, from around November 22 to April 10. The muggiest month is January, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 68% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around April 11 to November 21, and July is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 15 · 100%Jan 27 · 29%oppressivemuggycomfortabledryhumidhumidcomfortablehumid
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan1319312980
Feb1518292981
Mar2526271840
Apr572314600
May79137100
Jun9352000
Jul9640000
Aug9541000
Sep9182000
Oct71208100
Nov502918300
Dec2826291530

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Wind in Rufino is steady company: average speeds sit near 13 km/hlight breeze — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmlight breezeOct 2 · 14 km/hJun 23 · 12 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan12light breeze
Feb12calm
Mar12calm
Apr12light breeze
May12calm
Jun12calm
Jul12light breeze
Aug13light breeze
Sep14light breeze
Oct14light breeze
Nov13light breeze
Dec13light breeze

Best time to visit Rufino

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Rufino throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around mid December, Rufino is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Rufino for general outdoor tourist activities run from late January to early June and again from early August to late December, with a peak score in the last week of March.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationMar 29 · 7.4

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan5.8good
Feb6.6good
Mar7.1good
Apr7.3good
May6.7good
Jun5.6good
Jul5.4fair
Aug6.7good
Sep7.1good
Oct7.0good
Nov7.0good
Dec6.2good

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Rufino for hot-weather activities is from late October to early April, with a peak score in the third week of January.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 19 · 7.5

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Rufino, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around January (highs near 29°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around July (highs near 15°C), pack a warm layer.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In January, Rufino sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Rufino by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Rufino peaks around January 15 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 3 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highModerateHighVery highExtremeJan 15UV 13Jun 20UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar10Very high
Apr6High
May4Moderate
Jun3Moderate
Jul3Moderate
Aug4Moderate
Sep6High
Oct9Very high
Nov11Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Rufino

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in January the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 9 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 7 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan97
Feb8.56.5
Mar7.55
Apr5.50
May2.50
Jun00
Jul00
Aug3.50
Sep5.50
Oct7.54.5
Nov8.56
Dec97
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayReliably frost-free (≥90%)

Rufino is mild enough that a frost-free day stays more likely than not even in midwinter. Nights are reliably above freezing from about August 2 to July 2 (335 days); outside that window a hard frost is an occasional risk.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecreliably frost-freereliably frost-freeAug 290%Jul 290%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May990
Jun930
Jul8823
Aug940
Sep990
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Rufino banks about 2,606 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around January.

01,0002,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan423
Feb354
Mar337
Apr222
May119
Jun19
Jul2
Aug62
Sep134
Oct229
Nov311
Dec395

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Rufino receives about 4.9 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.4 and 7.4 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Sep 19 to Mar 19. The brightest month is December, averaging about 7.4 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is June, down near 2.4 kWh/m² — roughly 67% less than the December peak.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbrighterdimmerbrighterdimmoderatebrightintenseDec 197.4 kWhJun 192.4 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan7.3Intense
Feb6.4Intense
Mar5.0Bright
Apr3.7Moderate
May2.7Moderate
Jun2.4Moderate
Jul2.6Moderate
Aug3.6Moderate
Sep4.7Bright
Oct5.7Bright
Nov6.9Intense
Dec7.4Intense

Where is Rufino?

Rufino sits at 34.3°S, 62.7°W, 116 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Laboulaye, 64 km away.

Topography around Rufino

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rufino has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 8 m around an average of 117 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 39 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 62 m.

The land around Rufino is covered by cropland (53%) and grassland (25%) within 3 km, cropland (66%) and grassland (30%) within 16 km, and cropland (76%) within 80 km.

3 km
8 m
16 km
39 m
80 km
62 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Laboulaye 64 km · Venado Tuerto 89 km · General Villegas 90 km · Lincoln 127 km · Firmat 144 km · Colón 154 km · Junín 166 km · Los Toldos 174 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 Rufino (-34.2624°, -62.7113°, elevation 116 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).