Cafayate
Elevation 1683 m26.07° S, 65.98° W
When to go?
Mean 23 °C, 14 rain days in the month (93 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 22 °C, 11 rain days in the month (69 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 20 °C, 8 rain days in the month (53 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 18 °C, 4 rain days in the month (22 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 14 °C, 2 rain days in the month (12 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 12 °C, 1 rain day in the month (6 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 11 °C, 1 rain day in the month (5 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 14 °C, 1 rain day in the month (6 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 16 °C, 2 rain days in the month (11 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 20 °C, 4 rain days in the month (23 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 22 °C, 6 rain days in the month (37 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 23 °C, 10 rain days in the month (64 mm).
Nothing against it.
The best months are April–September.
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Temperatures brought to the town's elevation: +2.6 °C (cells at 2076 m).
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.9 °C; in the last ten years by +1.1 °C. Warmest year: 2006 (+1.8 °C), coldest: 1962 (−1.2 °C).
September and October warmed the most (+1.5 and +1.3 °C), May the least (−0.2 °C). The warm season (above the annual mean of then, 17 °C) begins 13 days earlier and ends 5 days later.
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: −6 % every ten years.