Córdoba climate

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Córdoba is warmest in January, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 5.0 °C. January is the wettest month (136 mm) and July the driest (15 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Córdoba averages 888 mm of rain, 145 days above 25 °C and 4 days below freezing.

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Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month January 29 °C
Coldest month July 5.0 °C
Driest month July 15 mm
Wettest month January 136 mm
Least cloud August 33 % cloud
Hottest on record December 42 °C
Coldest on record July -7.8 °C

What to expectCórdoba through the year

Córdoba has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 16 °C in July to 29 °C in January, a swing of 14 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 145 days a year reach 25 °C, 41 of them reach 30 °C, 4 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in December.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 136 mm against 15 mm in July — 9.3 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	28.9 °C	136 mm	46 %
February	27.2 °C	121 mm	46 %
March	25.5 °C	121 mm	45 %
April	22.3 °C	77 mm	46 %
May	18.8 °C	35 mm	51 %
June	16.6 °C	16 mm	43 %
July	16.0 °C	15 mm	38 %
August	19.1 °C	18 mm	33 %
September	21.5 °C	36 mm	37 %
October	23.9 °C	84 mm	45 %
November	26.6 °C	103 mm	44 %
December	28.5 °C	127 mm	45 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	28.9 °C	18.7 °C	23.6 °C	39.8 °C	11.0 °C	27	10	0
February	27.2 °C	17.7 °C	22.2 °C	38.3 °C	9.6 °C	21	6	0
March	25.5 °C	16.2 °C	20.5 °C	37.2 °C	7.2 °C	18	3	0
April	22.3 °C	13.0 °C	17.2 °C	32.7 °C	2.0 °C	7	1	0
May	18.8 °C	9.6 °C	13.7 °C	33.7 °C	-1.0 °C	2	0	0
June	16.6 °C	6.4 °C	10.8 °C	28.1 °C	-3.0 °C	0	0	1
July	16.0 °C	5.0 °C	9.8 °C	30.0 °C	-7.8 °C	1	0	3
August	19.1 °C	6.8 °C	12.3 °C	35.5 °C	-2.6 °C	4	1	1
September	21.5 °C	9.3 °C	14.9 °C	38.1 °C	-0.1 °C	7	1	0
October	23.9 °C	12.6 °C	17.9 °C	38.9 °C	1.5 °C	12	3	0
November	26.6 °C	15.3 °C	20.7 °C	38.9 °C	5.2 °C	19	6	0
December	28.5 °C	17.7 °C	22.9 °C	41.8 °C	9.8 °C	26	10	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	136 mm	13	14 h/day	46 %	68 %	14 km/h
February	121 mm	12	13 h/day	46 %	72 %	14 km/h
March	121 mm	12	12 h/day	45 %	74 %	14 km/h
April	77 mm	9	11 h/day	46 %	75 %	14 km/h
May	35 mm	6	11 h/day	51 %	76 %	14 km/h
June	16 mm	3	10 h/day	43 %	73 %	13 km/h
July	15 mm	3	10 h/day	38 %	69 %	14 km/h
August	18 mm	3	11 h/day	33 %	62 %	16 km/h
September	36 mm	5	12 h/day	37 %	59 %	16 km/h
October	84 mm	10	13 h/day	45 %	63 %	17 km/h
November	103 mm	11	14 h/day	44 %	62 %	17 km/h
December	127 mm	13	14 h/day	45 %	64 %	16 km/h

How Córdoba compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Córdoba	29 °C	5.0 °C	888 mm	145
Río Cuarto · Argentina	29 °C	4.9 °C	737 mm	136
San Luis · Argentina	30 °C	5.1 °C	667 mm	152
Santa Fe · Argentina	31 °C	8.3 °C	1,139 mm	163
La Rioja · Argentina	30 °C	6.1 °C	598 mm	158
Paraná · Argentina	30 °C	8.2 °C	1,092 mm	155
Catamarca · Argentina	30 °C	6.0 °C	886 mm	178

Where Córdoba ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in South America in September	7th of 50	94/100
Places with the best weather in South America in April	22nd of 50	91/100
Places with the best weather in South America in October	26th of 50	90/100
Places with the best weather in South America year-round	33rd of 50	82/100
The coolest places in South America in July	35th of 50	16 °C
The coolest places in South America in June	39th of 50	17 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Córdoba.

QuestionsCommon questions about Córdoba’s climate

When is the best time to visit Córdoba?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. March, October, November sit closest to 20 °C on average, January is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Córdoba get?

In January, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 41 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 5.0 °C in July, the coldest month. A normal year has 4 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Córdoba?

January, averaging 136 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is July with 15 mm. The year as a whole averages 888 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Córdoba rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: -31.406°, -64.189° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.