Santa María weather in June

In June, Santa María sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 2 mm of precipitation across 0.6 wet days and about 10.4 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 17°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 81% of the time in June, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 24 min at the start of June to 10 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Santa María's 3rd-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Santa María's year-round climate.

Daytime high
17°
11th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
2 mm
0.6 wet days
Daylight
10 h 18 min
8:14 AM – 6:34 PM
Cloud cover
21%
3rd clearest
Wind
6 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.33 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.5
out of 10

Santa María is human settlement in Catamarca province, Argentina.

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

Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 17°C through the month.

A typical June day in Santa María reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs about 1°C cooler than May and on par with July.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1182
2182
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30170

How June really feels in Santa María

Once humidity and wind are folded in, June averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 30 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
30
wind chill below the day's low

The story in June is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Santa María weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 11th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan23° / 12°6811.613.56.5
Feb22° / 11°448.812.96.8
Mar22° / 10°306.312.27.5
Apr21° / 112.511.48.1
May19° / 4110.77.9
Jun17° / 20.610.47.5
Jul17° / -0°20.610.57.2
Aug18° / 3111.18.0
Sep20° / 51.311.88.2
Oct21° / 112.812.68.1
Nov22° / 10°184.513.37.8
Dec23° / 11°327.413.67.4

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 81% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 11%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18812
28812
38812
48812
58812
68812
78911
88911
98911
108911
119010
129010
139010
148911
158911
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179010
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238812
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258812
268911
278812
288812
298812
308713

Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitationSnow

Santa María gets around 2 mm of rain and snow over 0.6 wet days in June. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 2% and peaks near 3% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
120
220
320
420
520
620
720
810
910
1010
1110
1210
1310
1410
1510
1620
1721
1821
1921
2021
2121
2231
2332
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2632
2732
2832
2932
3032

Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, June lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)
1100
2100
3100
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5100
6100
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27100
28100
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30100

Wind in June

Winds average 6 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
46calm
56calm
66calm
76calm
86calm
96calm
106calm
116calm
126calm
136calm
146calm
156calm
166calm
176calm
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196calm
206calm
216calm
226calm
236calm
246calm
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276calm
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306calm

Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 24 min at the start of June to 10 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 8:08 AM to 8:17 AM, and sunset from 6:35 PM to 6:37 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.48:086:35
210.48:096:35
310.48:096:35
410.48:106:35
510.48:106:35
610.48:116:34
710.48:116:34
810.48:116:34
910.48:126:34
1010.48:126:34
1110.48:136:34
1210.48:136:34
1310.38:136:34
1410.38:146:34
1510.38:146:34
1610.38:146:34
1710.38:156:35
1810.38:156:35
1910.38:156:35
2010.38:166:35
2110.38:166:35
2210.38:166:35
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2510.38:176:36
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2710.38:176:37
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3010.38:176:37

Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 4.33 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.33 kWh/m² to a high of 7.25 kWh/m² in November across the year — June's 4.33 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.4Bright
24.4Bright
34.4Bright
44.4Bright
54.4Bright
64.4Bright
74.3Bright
84.3Bright
94.3Bright
104.3Bright
114.3Bright
124.3Bright
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164.3Bright
174.3Bright
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234.3Bright
244.3Bright
254.3Bright
264.3Bright
274.3Bright
284.3Bright
294.3Bright
304.3Bright
Planning a trip in June

Is June a good time to visit Santa María?

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

7.5
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
1.9
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

June is one of the better times to visit Santa María for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Santa María in June

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

In June, Santa María sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 1°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Santa María in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Santa María peaks around January 17 at about 17 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 10 at about 5 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighVery highExtremeJan 17UV 17Jul 10UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan17Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr9Very high
May7High
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug8Very high
Sep11Extreme
Oct15Extreme
Nov15Extreme
Dec16Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Santa María?

Santa María sits at 26.7°S, 66.0°W, 1,877 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Cafayate, 69 km away.

Topography around Santa María

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Santa María has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 142 m around an average of 1,895 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,775 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,170 m.

The land around Santa María is covered by bare terrain (46%) within 3 km, grassland (33%), bare terrain (33%) and shrubs (30%) within 16 km, and grassland (39%), bare terrain (30%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
142 m
16 km
1,775 m
80 km
5,170 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
June weather nearby: Cafayate 69 km · Famaillá 76 km · Monteros 76 km · Yerba Buena 76 km · Tafí Viejo 78 km · Bella Vista 83 km · San Miguel de Tucuman 84 km · Alderetes 91 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 Santa María (-26.6946°, -66.0481°, elevation 1,877 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).