Climate and average weather in Santiago del Estero
In Santiago del Estero, the summers are humid, sweltering, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are mild and mostly clear.
Over the course of the year, the temperature in Santiago del Estero typically varies from 8°C to 33°C, and is rarely below 2°C or above 39°C. January is the hottest month of the year, while June is the coldest.
Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Santiago del Estero for warm-weather activities is from mid April to late September.
- Hottest
- Jan
- 33°
- Coldest
- Jun
- 10°
- Wettest
- Jan
- 147 mm
- Driest
- Jul
- 11 mm
- Rain / yr
- 817 mm
- 88 wet days
- Daylight
- 10.2–13.8 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 176 m
- 27.8°S
- Clearest
- Aug
- 28% cloud
Santiago del Estero is the capital of Santiago del Estero Province in northern Argentina.
- Density
- 119/km²
- people per km²
- Founded
- 1553
Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.
Santiago del Estero 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 mid April to late September.
Temperature through the year
Daily average highs and lows in Santiago del Estero, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.
The hot season lasts 4.7 months, from October 21 to March 11, with daily high temperatures above 31°C. The hottest month of the year in Santiago del Estero is January, with an average high of 33°C and low of 23°C.
The cool season lasts 2.6 months, from May 17 to August 3, with daily high temperatures below 23°C. The coldest month of the year in Santiago del Estero is June, with an average low of 10°C and high of 21°C.
Days typically run about 11°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 14°C) in August.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | 33 | 32 | 30 | 27 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 25 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 33 |
| Avg low (°C) | 23 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 22 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 33 | 23 |
| Feb | 32 | 22 |
| Mar | 30 | 20 |
| Apr | 27 | 17 |
| May | 23 | 13 |
| Jun | 21 | 10 |
| Jul | 21 | 8 |
| Aug | 25 | 11 |
| Sep | 28 | 14 |
| Oct | 30 | 18 |
| Nov | 32 | 20 |
| Dec | 33 | 22 |
How hot and cold Santiago del Estero really feels
The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.
On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Santiago del Estero feels like about 36°C (around January 4). About 111 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in January.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feels-like high (°C) | 35 | 33 | 31 | 27 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 25 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 34 |
| Air high (°C) | 33 | 32 | 30 | 27 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 25 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 33 |
| Feels-like low (°C) | 23 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 22 |
| Air low (°C) | 23 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 22 |
| Feels-like high (°C) | Air high (°C) | Feels-like low (°C) | Air low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35 | 33 | 23 | 23 |
| Feb | 33 | 32 | 22 | 22 |
| Mar | 31 | 30 | 20 | 20 |
| Apr | 27 | 27 | 17 | 17 |
| May | 23 | 23 | 13 | 13 |
| Jun | 21 | 21 | 9 | 10 |
| Jul | 21 | 21 | 7 | 8 |
| Aug | 25 | 25 | 10 | 11 |
| Sep | 28 | 28 | 14 | 14 |
| Oct | 30 | 30 | 18 | 18 |
| Nov | 32 | 32 | 20 | 20 |
| Dec | 34 | 33 | 22 | 22 |
Average hourly temperature in Santiago del Estero
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 33°C, and coldest before dawn in June, near 10°C.
Santiago del Estero weather by month
Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.
| Month | High / Low (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | Wet days | Daylight (hours) | Travel score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 33° / 23° | 147 | 12.8 | 13.6 | 3.2 |
| Feb | 32° / 22° | 116 | 10.6 | 13 | 3.9 |
| Mar | 30° / 20° | 124 | 11.3 | 12.2 | 5.0 |
| Apr | 27° / 17° | 68 | 8.3 | 11.4 | 7.0 |
| May | 23° / 13° | 22 | 4.6 | 10.6 | 7.8 |
| Jun | 21° / 10° | 15 | 3.7 | 10.3 | 7.5 |
| Jul | 21° / 8° | 11 | 2.5 | 10.4 | 8.1 |
| Aug | 25° / 11° | 12 | 2 | 11 | 8.7 |
| Sep | 28° / 14° | 28 | 3.9 | 11.8 | 7.6 |
| Oct | 30° / 18° | 60 | 7.3 | 12.7 | 5.5 |
| Nov | 32° / 20° | 86 | 9.3 | 13.4 | 4.3 |
| Dec | 33° / 22° | 130 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 3.3 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Santiago del Estero gets about 817 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 6.0 months, from around Oct 19 to Apr 19, peaking in January at about 41% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 16.
January is the wettest month by volume, with 147 mm over about 13 wet days; July is the driest, with 11 mm.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on a day (%) | 41 | 38 | 36 | 26 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 32 | 38 |
| Rain days | 13 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 12 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 41 | 13 |
| Feb | 38 | 11 |
| Mar | 36 | 11 |
| Apr | 26 | 8 |
| May | 16 | 5 |
| Jun | 13 | 4 |
| Jul | 8 | 3 |
| Aug | 7 | 2 |
| Sep | 13 | 4 |
| Oct | 23 | 7 |
| Nov | 32 | 9 |
| Dec | 38 | 12 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Santiago del Estero collects about 817 mm of rain across 88 wet days — roughly 68 mm in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. January is the wettest month with 147 mm, while July is the driest at just 11 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 49% of the year’s total.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall (mm) | 147 | 116 | 124 | 68 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 60 | 86 | 130 |
| Rain days | 13 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 12 |
| Rainfall (mm) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 147 | 13 |
| Feb | 116 | 11 |
| Mar | 124 | 11 |
| Apr | 68 | 8 |
| May | 22 | 5 |
| Jun | 15 | 4 |
| Jul | 11 | 3 |
| Aug | 12 | 2 |
| Sep | 28 | 4 |
| Oct | 60 | 7 |
| Nov | 86 | 9 |
| Dec | 130 | 12 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Santiago del Estero, 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 June 28 and lasts for 3.6 months, ending around October 16. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 78% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around October 17 and lasts for 8.3 months, ending around June 27. The cloudiest month is January, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 45% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 55 | 57 | 56 | 57 | 57 | 58 | 72 | 78 | 74 | 63 | 60 | 57 |
| Cloudier (%) | 45 | 43 | 44 | 43 | 43 | 42 | 28 | 22 | 26 | 37 | 40 | 43 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 55 | 45 |
| Feb | 57 | 43 |
| Mar | 56 | 44 |
| Apr | 57 | 43 |
| May | 57 | 43 |
| Jun | 58 | 42 |
| Jul | 72 | 28 |
| Aug | 78 | 22 |
| Sep | 74 | 26 |
| Oct | 63 | 37 |
| Nov | 60 | 40 |
| Dec | 57 | 43 |
Daylight, sunrise and sunset
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 December 16, brings about 13 h 48 min of light; the shortest, around June 17, only 10 h 12 min — a swing of roughly 3 h 36 min.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 13.6 | 13.0 | 12.2 | 11.4 | 10.6 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 11.0 | 11.8 | 12.7 | 13.4 | 13.7 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 6:39 | 7:02 | 7:21 | 7:37 | 7:54 | 8:10 | 8:11 | 7:51 | 7:16 | 6:42 | 6:20 | 6:21 |
| Sunset (PM) | 8:14 | 8:01 | 7:33 | 6:57 | 6:32 | 6:25 | 6:35 | 6:51 | 7:06 | 7:22 | 7:44 | 8:06 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13.6 | 6:39 | 8:14 |
| Feb | 13.0 | 7:02 | 8:01 |
| Mar | 12.2 | 7:21 | 7:33 |
| Apr | 11.4 | 7:37 | 6:57 |
| May | 10.6 | 7:54 | 6:32 |
| Jun | 10.3 | 8:10 | 6:25 |
| Jul | 10.4 | 8:11 | 6:35 |
| Aug | 11.0 | 7:51 | 6:51 |
| Sep | 11.8 | 7:16 | 7:06 |
| Oct | 12.7 | 6:42 | 7:22 |
| Nov | 13.4 | 6:20 | 7:44 |
| Dec | 13.7 | 6:21 | 8:06 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Santiago del Estero 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 21 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 4.0 months, from around Jun 18 to Oct 18. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 21 sunny days (bright).
The greyest month is January, down near 11 sunny days — about 49% fewer than the August peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 11 |
| Sky | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Bright | Bright | Bright | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11 | Mixed |
| Feb | 11 | Mixed |
| Mar | 12 | Mixed |
| Apr | 12 | Mixed |
| May | 14 | Mixed |
| Jun | 15 | Mixed |
| Jul | 19 | Bright |
| Aug | 21 | Bright |
| Sep | 19 | Bright |
| Oct | 15 | Mixed |
| Nov | 12 | Mixed |
| Dec | 11 | Mixed |
Humidity comfort
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 Santiago del Estero, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.
The more humid part of the year lasts 5.5 months, from around November 6 to April 22. The muggiest month is February, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 86% of the time.
The most comfortable stretch runs from around April 23 to November 5, and July is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 99% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry (%) | 3 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 60 | 77 | 91 | 91 | 82 | 54 | 30 | 11 |
| Comfortable (%) | 10 | 10 | 16 | 25 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 23 | 15 |
| Humid (%) | 23 | 25 | 26 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 24 | 25 |
| Muggy (%) | 30 | 31 | 31 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 29 |
| Oppressive (%) | 32 | 28 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 19 |
| Miserable (%) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dry (%) | Comfortable (%) | Humid (%) | Muggy (%) | Oppressive (%) | Miserable (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 32 | 2 |
| Feb | 4 | 10 | 25 | 31 | 28 | 3 |
| Mar | 7 | 16 | 26 | 31 | 20 | 0 |
| Apr | 28 | 25 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 0 |
| May | 60 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun | 77 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul | 91 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug | 91 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep | 82 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct | 54 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov | 30 | 23 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 0 |
| Dec | 11 | 15 | 25 | 29 | 19 | 1 |
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 Santiago del Estero is steady company: average speeds sit near 11 km/h — calm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 |
| Feels | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | calm |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10 | calm |
| Feb | 10 | calm |
| Mar | 10 | calm |
| Apr | 10 | calm |
| May | 10 | calm |
| Jun | 10 | calm |
| Jul | 11 | calm |
| Aug | 12 | calm |
| Sep | 13 | light breeze |
| Oct | 13 | light breeze |
| Nov | 12 | light breeze |
| Dec | 11 | calm |
Hazard calendar for Santiago del Estero
When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.
Santiago del Estero's rainy season runs November–April, when most of the year's rain falls.
Best time to visit Santiago del Estero
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Santiago del Estero throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
Around late April, Santiago del Estero is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.
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 time of year to visit Santiago del Estero for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid April to late September, with a peak score in the second week of August.
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).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel score (0–10) | 3.2 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 8.6 | 7.6 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
| Rating | poor | fair | fair | good | ideal | ideal | ideal | ideal | ideal | fair | fair | poor |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.2 | poor |
| Feb | 3.9 | fair |
| Mar | 5.1 | fair |
| Apr | 7.0 | good |
| May | 7.8 | ideal |
| Jun | 7.6 | ideal |
| Jul | 8.1 | ideal |
| Aug | 8.6 | ideal |
| Sep | 7.6 | ideal |
| Oct | 5.5 | fair |
| Nov | 4.3 | fair |
| Dec | 3.3 | poor |
The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Santiago del Estero for hot-weather activities run from mid March to mid May and again from early August to late November, with a peak score in the third week of September.
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 Santiago del Estero, by month
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 33°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around June (highs near 21°C), pack a light layer.
In January, Santiago del Estero sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.
UV index (midday) in Santiago del Estero by month
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 Santiago del Estero peaks around January 18 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 4 (moderate).
The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV index (midday) | 14 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| Level | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Very high | High | Moderate | Moderate | High | Very high | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14 | Extreme |
| Feb | 14 | Extreme |
| Mar | 11 | Extreme |
| Apr | 7 | Very high |
| May | 6 | High |
| Jun | 4 | Moderate |
| Jul | 4 | Moderate |
| Aug | 6 | High |
| Sep | 8 | Very high |
| Oct | 11 | Extreme |
| Nov | 12 | Extreme |
| Dec | 13 | Extreme |
Average hourly UV index in Santiago del Estero
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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | 9 | 8.5 | 8 | 6.5 | 5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 8 | 8.5 | 9 |
| UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | 7 | 7 | 5.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6.5 | 7 |
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9 | 7 |
| Feb | 8.5 | 7 |
| Mar | 8 | 5.5 |
| Apr | 6.5 | 3 |
| May | 5 | 0 |
| Jun | 3.5 | 0 |
| Jul | 3.5 | 0 |
| Aug | 5.5 | 0 |
| Sep | 6.5 | 4 |
| Oct | 8 | 6 |
| Nov | 8.5 | 6.5 |
| Dec | 9 | 7 |
Growing season
Santiago del Estero is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost-free chance (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 97 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Frost nights | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frost-free chance (%) | Frost nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 100 | 0 |
| Feb | 100 | 0 |
| Mar | 100 | 0 |
| Apr | 100 | 0 |
| May | 100 | 0 |
| Jun | 99 | 0 |
| Jul | 97 | 0 |
| Aug | 99 | 0 |
| Sep | 100 | 0 |
| Oct | 100 | 0 |
| Nov | 100 | 0 |
| Dec | 100 | 0 |
Growing degree days
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. Santiago del Estero banks about 4,439 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around January.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | 558 | 474 | 468 | 355 | 259 | 161 | 147 | 241 | 327 | 431 | 475 | 543 |
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 558 |
| Feb | 474 |
| Mar | 468 |
| Apr | 355 |
| May | 259 |
| Jun | 161 |
| Jul | 147 |
| Aug | 241 |
| Sep | 327 |
| Oct | 431 |
| Nov | 475 |
| Dec | 543 |
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.
Santiago del Estero receives about 4.8 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.9 and 6.5 kWh/m².
The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.4 months, from around Aug 30 to Mar 12. The brightest month is December, averaging about 6.4 kWh/m² (intense).
The dimmest month is June, down near 2.9 kWh/m² — roughly 54% less than the December peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 6.3 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 6.4 |
| Level | Intense | Bright | Bright | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Bright | Bright | Bright | Intense | Intense |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.3 | Intense |
| Feb | 5.7 | Bright |
| Mar | 4.7 | Bright |
| Apr | 3.7 | Moderate |
| May | 3.1 | Moderate |
| Jun | 2.9 | Moderate |
| Jul | 3.4 | Moderate |
| Aug | 4.4 | Bright |
| Sep | 5.2 | Bright |
| Oct | 5.5 | Bright |
| Nov | 6.2 | Intense |
| Dec | 6.4 | Intense |
Where is Santiago del Estero?
Santiago del Estero sits at 27.8°S, 64.3°W, 176 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Termas de Río Hondo, 68 km away.
Topography around Santiago del Estero
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Santiago del Estero.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Santiago del Estero has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 24 m around an average of 186 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 105 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 595 m.
The land around Santiago del Estero is covered by artificial surfaces (78%) within 3 km, trees (44%) within 16 km, and trees (44%) and shrubs (34%) within 80 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
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 Santiago del Estero (-27.8005°, -64.2629°, elevation 176 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).