La Rinconada
Elevation 5300 m14.63° S, 69.45° W
When to go?
Mean 2 °C, 26 rain days in the month (139 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
Mean 3 °C, 24 rain days in the month (155 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
Mean 3 °C, 22 rain days in the month (127 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 7 days in 10
Mean 2 °C, 13 rain days in the month (60 mm).
The least cold month of the year.
Mean 0 °C, 7 rain days in the month (36 mm).
Against
- Freezinglows of −6 °C
Mean −1 °C, 4 rain days in the month (21 mm).
Against
- Freezinglows of −8 °C
Mean −1 °C, 4 rain days in the month (21 mm).
Against
- Freezinglows of −8 °C
Mean −1 °C, 7 rain days in the month (33 mm).
Against
- Freezinglows of −8 °C
Mean 1 °C, 10 rain days in the month (49 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 2 °C, 14 rain days in the month (74 mm).
The least cold month of the year.
Mean 3 °C, 17 rain days in the month (84 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 3 °C, 22 rain days in the month (119 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 7 days in 10
No ideal month: the best months are April, October, the least cold. Nothing against September, November either. Avoid December–March (often rainy), May–August (freezing).
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: −3.5 °C (cells at 4768 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.
Snow on the ground
Mean snow depth on the ground (cm)
Mean snow depth on the ground (cm)
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 +0.6 °C; in the last ten years by +0.9 °C. Warmest year: 2024 (+1.6 °C), coldest: 1954 (−0.5 °C).
May and June warmed the most (+0.7 and +0.7 °C), October the least (+0.5 °C).
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: −2 % every ten years.