Malargüe climate — normals and trends
Malargüe (Argentina) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.4 °C and it receives 548 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 (18.1 °C on average) and the coldest is July (-0.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Malargüe averages 119 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 93 rainy days per year.
Malargüe has warmed by +0.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.07 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 124 to 114 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.2 °C (on 25 January 2019) and the coldest -21.2 °C (on 16 July 1995).
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
MalargüeMendoza
- coords
- -35.48°, -69.59°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.4°C
Average daily high
16.5°C
Average daily low
3.1°C
Annual rainfall
548mm
Sunshine / day
11.0h
Mean relative humidity
59%
Average peak wind
15.5km/h
Seasonal range
18.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
119 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
93 d/yr
Annual snowfall
91.9 cm
Average feels-like high
14.1 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.1 °C
Average peak gust
33.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.6 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.08 · p = 0.010
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
35.2 °C
25 January 2019
Coldest day
-21.2 °C
16 July 1995
Wettest day
84 mm
10 October 1994
Windiest day
50.4 km/h
18 May 1967
Strongest gust
100.4 km/h
13 August 1959
Hottest feels-like
34.3 °C
28 January 2010
Coldest feels-like
-27.0 °C
16 July 1995
Snowiest day
43.4 cm
4 July 1984
Sunniest day
14.4 h
22 December 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 28.6 °C | +2.9 °C | 21 mm | -16 mm |
| Feb | 29.6 °C | +5.1 °C | 27 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 21.7 °C | 0.0 °C | 48 mm | +1 mm |
| Apr | 17.1 °C | 0.0 °C | 23 mm | -19 mm |
| May | 14.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 31 mm | -22 mm |
| Jun | 7.6 °C | +0.4 °C | 28 mm | -35 mm |
| Jul | 10.6 °C | +4.7 °C | 10 mm | -45 mm |
| Aug | 10.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 96 mm | +48 mm |
| Sep | 14.7 °C | +2.3 °C | 9 mm | -39 mm |
| Oct | 19.9 °C | +3.2 °C | 24 mm | -23 mm |
| Nov | 22.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 61 mm | +27 mm |
| Dec | 26.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 25 mm | -10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Malargüe?
Malargüe has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.4 °C and it receives 548 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Malargüe?
The hottest day measured in Malargüe between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 2019, reaching 35.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Malargüe?
The coldest day measured in Malargüe between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 1995, at -21.2 °C.
Does it snow in Malargüe?
Yes. Malargüe gets on average 91.9 cm of snow per year and has around 119 frost days.
Has the climate of Malargüe warmed?
Yes: Malargüe warmed by +0.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Malargüe?
The wettest day measured in Malargüe between 1940 and 2025 was 10 October 1994, with 84 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Malargüe?
The windiest day measured in Malargüe between 1940 and 2025 was 18 May 1967, with winds reaching 50.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Malargüe?
The warmest month in Malargüe is January (18.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (-0.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Malargüe?
Malargüe receives on average 548 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 93 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Malargüe?
Malargüe gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Malargüe?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Malargüe between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 1984, with 43.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Malargüe?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Malargüe.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Malargüe?
In Malargüe, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.3 °C on 28 January 2010, and the lowest was -27.0 °C on 16 July 1995.
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