Villa Mercedes weather in January

In January, Villa Mercedes sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 86 mm of rain across 11.6 wet days and about 14 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in January, and the air most often feels humid.

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 Villa Mercedes's 5th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Villa Mercedes's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
1st warmest
Overnight low
18°
12th coldest
Rainfall
86 mm
11.6 wet days
Daylight
14 hours
6:31 AM – 8:31 PM
Cloud cover
41%
5th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
7.27 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.0
out of 10

Villa Mercedes is city in San Luis, Argentina.

Founded
1856

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

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical January day in Villa Mercedes reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C warmer than December and about 1°C warmer than February.

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Villa Mercedes weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 1st-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 18°8611.6145.0
Feb29° / 17°799.413.35.7
Mar27° / 15°879.412.36.9
Apr23° / 12°677.211.27.5
May19° / 294.610.37.0
Jun17° / 112.59.86.4
Jul16° / 112.5106.3
Aug19° / 21310.77.5
Sep21° / 365.611.87.5
Oct24° / 12°839.612.87.2
Nov27° / 15°8611.313.76.6
Dec29° / 17°9711.814.25.4

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 24%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17426
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Villa Mercedes gets around 86 mm of rain over 11.6 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 38% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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2135
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3134

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the humid band about 31% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 17% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1282628180
2272529190
3272529190
4272429190
5272430191
6272330191
7272330191
8272330191
9272230191
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11272331181
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23243032112
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Wind in January

Winds average 12 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

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 6:19 AM to 6:45 AM, and sunset from 8:31 PM to 8:25 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.26:198:31
214.26:208:31
314.26:208:31
414.26:218:32
514.26:228:32
614.26:238:32
714.16:238:32
814.16:248:32
914.16:258:32
1014.16:268:32
1114.16:278:32
1214.16:278:32
1314.16:288:32
1414.06:298:32
1514.06:308:32
1614.06:318:31
1714.06:328:31
1814.06:338:31
1914.06:348:31
2013.96:348:30
2113.96:358:30
2213.96:368:30
2313.96:378:29
2413.86:388:29
2513.86:398:29
2613.86:408:28
2713.86:418:28
2813.86:428:27
2913.76:438:27
3013.76:448:26
3113.76:458:25

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 7.27 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.71 kWh/m² to a high of 7.49 kWh/m² in December across the year — January's 7.27 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.4Intense
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37.3Intense
47.3Intense
57.3Intense
67.3Intense
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277.1Intense
287.1Intense
297.0Intense
307.0Intense
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Villa Mercedes

In seasonPeak

In January, Villa Mercedes sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Villa Mercedes's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Villa Mercedes?

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

5.0
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
6.9
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Villa Mercedes for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Villa Mercedes in January

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

In January, Villa Mercedes sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Villa Mercedes in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Villa Mercedes peaks around January 17 at about 14 (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 — in 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeModerateHighVery highExtremeJan 17UV 14Jun 21UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar10Extreme
Apr6High
May4Moderate
Jun3Moderate
Jul3Moderate
Aug4Moderate
Sep6High
Oct10Very high
Nov12Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Villa Mercedes?

Villa Mercedes sits at 33.7°S, 65.5°W, 516 m above sea level, in Argentina. The nearest listed city is San Luis, 91 km away.

Alta GraciaVilla Nueva

Topography around Villa Mercedes

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Villa Mercedes has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 30 m around an average of 514 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 204 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,418 m.

The land around Villa Mercedes is covered by artificial surfaces (58%) and grassland (27%) within 3 km, cropland (52%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and cropland (59%) and grassland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
30 m
16 km
204 m
80 km
1,418 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: San Luis 91 km · Río Cuarto 119 km · Embalse 191 km · Villa Dolores 194 km · Laboulaye 197 km · Río Tercero 209 km · Alta Gracia 245 km · Villa Nueva 248 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 Mercedes (-33.6757°, -65.4578°, elevation 516 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).