Climate and average weather in Villa Dolores

In Villa Dolores, the summers are hot, showery, and mostly clear and the winters are mild and mostly clear.

Best: mid July to late October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Villa Dolores typically varies from 4°C to 32°C, and is rarely below -1°C or above 36°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 Villa Dolores for warm-weather activities are from late March to mid June and mid July to late October.

Hottest
Jan
32°
Coldest
Jul
Wettest
Dec
65 mm
Driest
Aug
10 mm
Rain / yr
468 mm
76 wet days
Daylight
9.9–14.1 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
522 m
31.9°S
Clearest
Aug
28% cloud

Villa Dolores is city in Córdoba, Argentina.

Founded
1853

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

Villa Dolores 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 July to late October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 4.3 months, from November 3 to March 14, with daily high temperatures above 28°C. The hottest month of the year in Villa Dolores is January, with an average high of 32°C and low of 19°C.

The cool season lasts 2.9 months, from May 17 to August 11, with daily high temperatures below 20°C. The coldest month of the year in Villa Dolores is July, with an average low of 4°C and high of 17°C.

Days typically run about 13°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 14°C) in August.

10°20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan3219
Feb3018
Mar2816
Apr2413
May209
Jun175
Jul174
Aug206
Sep239
Oct2713
Nov2916
Dec3118

Average hourly temperature in Villa Dolores

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 32°C, and coldest before dawn in July, near C.

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

Villa Dolores 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
Jan32° / 19°5910.413.94.4
Feb30° / 18°608.913.25.3
Mar28° / 16°59912.26.6
Apr24° / 13°426.211.27.8
May20° / 244.810.47.3
Jun17° / 132.6107.0
Jul17° / 122.510.17.0
Aug20° / 102.110.88.1
Sep23° / 203.111.88.5
Oct27° / 13°426.412.87.6
Nov29° / 16°619.713.65.9
Dec31° / 18°6510.114.14.7

Chance of rain

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

Villa Dolores gets about 468 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 5.7 months, from around Oct 21 to Apr 12, peaking in January at about 36% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 26.

December is the wettest month by volume, with 65 mm over about 10 wet days; August is the driest, with 10 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJan 4 · 36%Jul 26 · 6%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3410
Feb319
Mar299
Apr206
May155
Jun103
Jul83
Aug72
Sep113
Oct206
Nov3210
Dec3310

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Villa Dolores collects about 468 mm of rain across 76 wet days — roughly 39 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. December is the wettest month with 65 mm, while August is the driest at just 10 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 40% of the year’s total.

0255075JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec596059422413121020426165
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan5910
Feb609
Mar599
Apr426
May245
Jun133
Jul123
Aug102
Sep203
Oct426
Nov6110
Dec6510

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Villa Dolores, 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 October 25 and lasts for 4.4 months, ending around March 7. The clearest month is December, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 80% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around March 8 and lasts for 4.1 months, ending around July 11. The cloudiest month is May, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 37% 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecDec 18 · 82%May 21 · 61%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan7921
Feb7624
Mar7327
Apr6931
May6337
Jun7129
Jul7723
Aug8020
Sep7723
Oct7426
Nov7822
Dec8020

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 06 min of light; the shortest, around June 12, only 9 h 54 min — a swing of roughly 4 h 12 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan13.96:348:26
Feb13.27:008:10
Mar12.27:237:38
Apr11.27:446:57
May10.48:066:28
Jun10.08:236:19
Jul10.18:236:29
Aug10.88:006:49
Sep11.87:217:09
Oct12.86:427:30
Nov13.66:167:56
Dec14.16:158:19

Sunny days

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

Villa Dolores averages about 17 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 14 and 21 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.9 months, from around Jun 13 to Nov 7. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 20 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is May, down near 14 sunny days — about 31% fewer than the August peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantAug 721 daysMay 2014 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan17Bright
Feb16Bright
Mar17Bright
Apr16Bright
May14Mixed
Jun17Bright
Jul20Bright
Aug21Bright
Sep19Bright
Oct18Bright
Nov17Bright
Dec17Bright

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 Villa Dolores, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 4.1 months, from around December 6 to April 10. The muggiest month is February, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 48% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around April 11 to December 5, and May is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 98% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecMay 30 · 100%Feb 7 · 50%muggyhumidcomfortabledryhumidcomfortablehumid
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan213134140
Feb193334131
Mar29332980
Apr66221020
May8810200
Jun982000
Jul1000000
Aug1000000
Sep973000
Oct8711200
Nov6626810
Dec39332160

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 Villa Dolores is steady company: average speeds sit near 7 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmlight breezeOct 5 · 8 km/hMay 29 · 5 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan7calm
Feb6calm
Mar6calm
Apr6calm
May5calm
Jun5calm
Jul6calm
Aug7calm
Sep8calm
Oct8calm
Nov8calm
Dec7calm

Best time to visit Villa Dolores

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late July, Villa Dolores 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 times of year to visit Villa Dolores for general outdoor tourist activities run from late March to mid June and again from mid July to late October, with a peak score in the third week of September.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 17 · 8.6

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
Jan4.4fair
Feb5.3fair
Mar6.6good
Apr7.8ideal
May7.3good
Jun7.0good
Jul7.0good
Aug8.1ideal
Sep8.5ideal
Oct7.6ideal
Nov5.9good
Dec4.7fair

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 Villa Dolores for hot-weather activities is from early September to late April, with a peak score in the last week of October.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationOct 24 · 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 Villa Dolores, 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 32°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around July (highs near 17°C), pack a warm layer.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In January, Villa Dolores sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Villa Dolores 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 Villa Dolores peaks around January 17 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 3 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeModerateHighVery highExtremeJan 17UV 14Jun 22UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr6High
May4Moderate
Jun3Moderate
Jul3Moderate
Aug5Moderate
Sep7High
Oct10Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Villa Dolores

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 9.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 7.5 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)
Jan9.57.5
Feb8.56.5
Mar85.5
Apr62
May40
Jun20
Jul2.50
Aug4.50
Sep6.53
Oct85.5
Nov8.56.5
Dec97
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

Villa Dolores is mild enough that a frost-free day stays more likely than not even in midwinter. Nights are reliably above freezing from about August 9 to June 19 (315 days); outside that window a hard frost is an occasional risk.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecreliably frost-freereliably frost-freeAug 990%Jun 1990%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May990
Jun927
Jul8431
Aug934
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. Villa Dolores banks about 3,065 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around January.

01,0002,0003,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan476
Feb393
Mar371
Apr246
May132
Jun35
Jul13
Aug98
Sep187
Oct299
Nov366
Dec448

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.

Villa Dolores receives about 5.2 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.9 and 7.6 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.1 months, from around Sep 12 to Mar 15. The brightest month is December, averaging about 7.5 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is June, down near 2.9 kWh/m² — roughly 61% less than the December peak.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbrighterdimmerbrighterdimmoderatebrightintenseDec 207.6 kWhJun 182.9 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan7.3Intense
Feb6.5Intense
Mar5.2Bright
Apr4.0Moderate
May3.1Moderate
Jun2.9Moderate
Jul3.2Moderate
Aug4.2Bright
Sep5.3Bright
Oct6.2Intense
Nov7.1Intense
Dec7.5Intense

Where is Villa Dolores?

Villa Dolores sits at 31.9°S, 65.2°W, 522 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is Alta Gracia, 79 km away.

Topography around Villa Dolores

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Villa Dolores has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 61 m around an average of 526 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 542 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,503 m.

The land around Villa Dolores is covered by artificial surfaces (31%), shrubs (23%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, shrubs (59%) within 16 km, and shrubs (51%) and grassland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
61 m
16 km
542 m
80 km
2,503 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
Nearby: Alta Gracia 79 km · Embalse 80 km · Villa Carlos Paz 88 km · Cosquín 104 km · La Calera 105 km · Río Tercero 105 km · Villa Allende 111 km · Cordoba 112 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 Villa Dolores (-31.945°, -65.1903°, elevation 522 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).