Santa María weather in November

In November, Santa María sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 18 mm of rain across 4.5 wet days and about 13.3 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in November, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 hours at the start of November to 13 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, November is Santa María's 8th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Santa María's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
10°
8th coldest
Rainfall
18 mm
4.5 wet days
Daylight
13 h 18 min
6:29 AM – 7:50 PM
Cloud cover
41%
8th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
7.25 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.8
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 November

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month.

A typical November day in Santa María reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, November runs on par with October and about 1°C cooler than December.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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4229
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How November really feels in Santa María

Once humidity and wind are folded in, November averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 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
0
wind chill below the day's low

November sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Santa María weather by month

How November compares with the rest of the year at a glance. November is the 3rd-warmest and 5th-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 November

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in November.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 30% of November, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 17%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in November

Any precipitation

Santa María gets around 18 mm of rain over 4.5 wet days in November. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 15% and peaks near 19% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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214
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514
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713
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913
1013
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2016
2117
2217
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2618
2718
2818
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3019

Humidity in November

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, November 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 (%)
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Wind in November

Winds average 7 km/h in November.

Across November, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
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107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
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Sunrise & sunset in November

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 30 minutes over November. Sunrise moves from 6:37 AM to 6:27 AM, and sunset from 7:39 PM to 8:00 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.06:377:39
213.16:367:39
313.16:367:40
413.16:357:41
513.16:347:41
613.16:347:42
713.26:337:43
813.26:337:44
913.26:327:44
1013.26:327:45
1113.26:317:46
1213.36:317:47
1313.36:307:47
1413.36:307:48
1513.36:307:49
1613.36:297:50
1713.46:297:50
1813.46:297:51
1913.46:297:52
2013.46:287:53
2113.46:287:53
2213.46:287:54
2313.56:287:55
2413.56:287:56
2513.56:277:56
2613.56:277:57
2713.56:277:58
2813.56:277:58
2913.56:277:59
3013.56:278:00

Solar energy in November

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in November, about 7.25 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

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 — November's 7.25 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.2Intense
27.2Intense
37.2Intense
47.2Intense
57.2Intense
67.2Intense
77.2Intense
87.2Intense
97.2Intense
107.2Intense
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277.2Intense
287.2Intense
297.2Intense
307.2Intense
Planning a trip in November

Is November a good time to visit Santa María?

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

7.8
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
5.4
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Santa María in November

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

In November, Santa María sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 10°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 5 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Santa María in November

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in November peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). 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
November 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).