Libertador General San Martin climate — normals and trends
Libertador General San Martin (Argentina) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.7 °C and it receives 2,009 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is January (23.4 °C on average) and the coldest is July (12.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Libertador General San Martin averages 3 frost days, 54 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 187 rainy days per year.
Libertador General San Martin has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 2 to 4 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.2 °C (on 11 November 2023) and the coldest -5.1 °C (on 10 July 1969).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Libertador General San MartinJujuy
- coords
- -23.81°, -64.79°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
18.7°C
Average daily high
24.2°C
Average daily low
13.8°C
Annual rainfall
2,009mm
Sunshine / day
9.8h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
9.0km/h
Seasonal range
11.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
3 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
54 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
187 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.1 cm
Average feels-like high
26.1 °C
Average feels-like low
14.1 °C
Average peak gust
28.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
36 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.63 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
41.2 °C
11 November 2023
Coldest day
-5.1 °C
10 July 1969
Wettest day
155 mm
26 January 1956
Windiest day
26.3 km/h
10 September 1940
Strongest gust
72.4 km/h
12 January 2010
Hottest feels-like
45.3 °C
3 November 2004
Coldest feels-like
-8.6 °C
10 July 1969
Snowiest day
4.0 cm
17 July 2010
Sunniest day
13.4 h
15 December 2010
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
Pick a year and see how it compares to normal — warmer, drier or more extreme than usual?
Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30.6 °C | +2.2 °C | 194 mm | -88 mm |
| Feb | 32.4 °C | +5.0 °C | 152 mm | -116 mm |
| Mar | 26.1 °C | +0.2 °C | 290 mm | -18 mm |
| Apr | 22.2 °C | -0.8 °C | 93 mm | -122 mm |
| May | 21.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 76 mm | -38 mm |
| Jun | 17.3 °C | -0.9 °C | 20 mm | -40 mm |
| Jul | 19.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 38 mm | -8 mm |
| Aug | 22.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 16 mm | -27 mm |
| Sep | 27.6 °C | +3.2 °C | 16 mm | -46 mm |
| Oct | 28.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 88 mm | -53 mm |
| Nov | 30.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 44 mm | -159 mm |
| Dec | 30.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 180 mm | -87 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
Your birthday, a wedding, a memorable trip: discover the actual weather for any date since 1940.
Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Libertador General San Martin?
Libertador General San Martin has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.7 °C and it receives 2,009 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Libertador General San Martin?
The hottest day measured in Libertador General San Martin between 1940 and 2025 was 11 November 2023, reaching 41.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Libertador General San Martin?
The coldest day measured in Libertador General San Martin between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 1969, at -5.1 °C.
Does it snow in Libertador General San Martin?
Almost never: Libertador General San Martin sees virtually no snow, with about 3 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Libertador General San Martin warmed?
Yes: Libertador General San Martin warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Libertador General San Martin?
The wettest day measured in Libertador General San Martin between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1956, with 155 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Libertador General San Martin?
The windiest day measured in Libertador General San Martin between 1940 and 2025 was 10 September 1940, with winds reaching 26.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Libertador General San Martin?
The warmest month in Libertador General San Martin is January (23.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (12.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Libertador General San Martin?
Libertador General San Martin receives on average 2,009 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 187 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Libertador General San Martin?
Libertador General San Martin gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Libertador General San Martin?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Libertador General San Martin between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 2010, with 4.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Libertador General San Martin?
Yes: Libertador General San Martin has on average 36 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Libertador General San Martin?
In Libertador General San Martin, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.3 °C on 3 November 2004, and the lowest was -8.6 °C on 10 July 1969.
Compare Libertador General San Martin with another city
Pick a second city: its normals will be set against these, indicator by indicator.
Nearby cities
The climate around Libertador General San Martin