Tupungato weather in January

In January, Tupungato sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 173 mm of precipitation across 25.3 wet days and about 14 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 12 min at the start of January to 13 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Tupungato's 10th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tupungato's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
1st warmest
Overnight low
10°
12th coldest
Precipitation
173 mm
25.3 wet days
Daylight
14 hours
6:46 AM – 8:45 PM
Cloud cover
43%
10th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
8.02 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.6
out of 10

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month.

A typical January day in Tupungato reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C warmer than December and about 1°C warmer than February.

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How January really feels in Tupungato

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January 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

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

Tupungato 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 daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan21° / 10°17325.30.4144.6
Feb20° / 15521.50.813.24.6
Mar18° / 15521.21.212.34.6
Apr14° / 11113.42.511.24.1
May10° / -1°8511.83.710.32.3
Jun / -4°789.86.59.80.6
Jul / -5°6896.7100.1
Aug / -4°729.56.110.81.2
Sep10° / -2°8610.95.711.82.4
Oct14° / 10612.94.312.84.0
Nov17° / 11114.52.613.75.4
Dec20° / 13318.81.314.25.4

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 31% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 19%.

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

Any precipitation

Tupungato gets around 173 mm of rain and snow over 25.3 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 precipitation averages around 80% and peaks near 84% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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272
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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

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

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Wind in January

Winds average 6 km/h in January.

Across January, 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
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Sunrise & sunset in January

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Daylight runs from about 14 h 12 min at the start of January to 13 h 42 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 6:35 AM to 7:00 AM, and sunset from 8:45 PM to 8:40 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.26:358:45
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314.26:368:45
414.16:378:46
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614.16:388:46
714.16:398:46
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1014.16:418:46
1114.16:428:46
1214.06:438:46
1314.06:448:46
1414.06:458:46
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1614.06:468:45
1714.06:478:45
1813.96:488:45
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2013.96:508:44
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2713.86:568:42
2813.76:578:41
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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 8.02 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.06 kWh/m² to a high of 8.57 kWh/m² in December across the year — January's 8.02 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
18.4Intense
28.4Intense
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Tupungato?

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

4.6
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
2.8
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Tupungato for sightseeing.

What to pack for Tupungato in January

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

In January, Tupungato sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 10°C. Pack rain gear and sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Tupungato in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January 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 Tupungato peaks around January 18 at about 15 (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.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr6High
May6High
Jun3Moderate
Jul4Moderate
Aug6High
Sep7High
Oct11Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec14Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Tupungato?

Tupungato sits at 33.4°S, 69.1°W, 1,060 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Tunuyán, 27 km away.

Topography around Tupungato

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tupungato has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 133 m around an average of 1,081 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 824 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,927 m.

The land around Tupungato is covered by cropland (40%) and grassland (35%) within 3 km, shrubs (54%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and shrubs (34%), bare terrain (29%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
133 m
16 km
824 m
80 km
5,927 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and ice
January weather nearby: Tunuyán 27 km · Perdriel 41 km · Rodeo del Medio 60 km · Mendoza 60 km · Rivadavia 67 km · San Martín 70 km · Peñalolén 129 km · Ñuñoa 133 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 Tupungato (-33.3693°, -69.1478°, elevation 1,060 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).