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Mendoza in January

Hot and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Mendoza is hot: highs near 89°F, lows near 66°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 22 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Mendoza is hot: highs near 32°C, lows near 19°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 22 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
89°F32°Caverage
Low
66°F19°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 32% of days
Daylight
14h 03mon average

Is January a good time to visit Mendoza?

January sits outside Mendoza's best months, which run in two parts: March to April, or September to November. Expect hot days and rain on about two days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 89°F in January, against 59°F to 89°F through the year.Highs near 32°C in January, against 15°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

32% of days in January, against 12% to 36% through the year.

Cloud cover

27% cover in January, against 23% to 44% through the year.

Daylight

14h 03m in January, against 10h 01m to 14h 17m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. December87°31°low 63°low 17°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. January89°32°low 66°low 19°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. February86°30°low 64°low 18°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Mendoza sits, in January

America/Argentina/Mendoza
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:41 AMsets 8:47 PM
Above the sea
760 mupland
Latitude
32.9°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
San Pablo94 km south-west

The land around Mendoza, shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Argentina in January

high · low · wet days
See January on the planning mapThe whole year in Mendoza

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Mendoza. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.