Villa Dolores climate — normals and trends
Villa Dolores (Argentina) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.7 °C and it receives 539 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 (24.8 °C on average) and the coldest is July (9.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Villa Dolores averages 9 frost days, 79 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 90 rainy days per year.
Villa Dolores has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 5 to 13 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.0 °C (on 23 December 1986) and the coldest -7.3 °C (on 30 June 2025).
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
Villa DoloresCordoba
- coords
- -31.95°, -65.19°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.7°C
Average daily high
24.3°C
Average daily low
12.0°C
Annual rainfall
539mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
61%
Average peak wind
11.4km/h
Seasonal range
14.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
9 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
79 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
90 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.4 cm
Average feels-like high
24.1 °C
Average feels-like low
10.9 °C
Average peak gust
29.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
28 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.3 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · 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
42.0 °C
23 December 1986
Coldest day
-7.3 °C
30 June 2025
Wettest day
81 mm
17 February 1998
Windiest day
42.4 km/h
26 September 2025
Strongest gust
86.4 km/h
26 September 2025
Hottest feels-like
43.7 °C
9 December 2022
Coldest feels-like
-11.4 °C
30 June 2025
Snowiest day
2.5 cm
9 July 2007
Sunniest day
13.9 h
30 December 1945
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 33.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 30 mm | -46 mm |
| Feb | 34.7 °C | +5.0 °C | 38 mm | -32 mm |
| Mar | 26.8 °C | -0.4 °C | 87 mm | +22 mm |
| Apr | 22.9 °C | -0.4 °C | 13 mm | -30 mm |
| May | 22.3 °C | +2.5 °C | 12 mm | -13 mm |
| Jun | 17.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 1 mm | -15 mm |
| Jul | 17.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 15 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 20.5 °C | +0.7 °C | 40 mm | +25 mm |
| Sep | 24.9 °C | +2.4 °C | 22 mm | -6 mm |
| Oct | 27.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 26 mm | -27 mm |
| Nov | 30.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 33 mm | -35 mm |
| Dec | 32.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 58 mm | -10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Villa Dolores?
Villa Dolores has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.7 °C and it receives 539 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Villa Dolores?
The hottest day measured in Villa Dolores between 1940 and 2025 was 23 December 1986, reaching 42.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Villa Dolores?
The coldest day measured in Villa Dolores between 1940 and 2025 was 30 June 2025, at -7.3 °C.
Does it snow in Villa Dolores?
Almost never: Villa Dolores sees virtually no snow, with about 9 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Villa Dolores warmed?
Yes: Villa Dolores warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Villa Dolores?
The wettest day measured in Villa Dolores between 1940 and 2025 was 17 February 1998, with 81 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Villa Dolores?
The windiest day measured in Villa Dolores between 1940 and 2025 was 26 September 2025, with winds reaching 42.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Villa Dolores?
The warmest month in Villa Dolores is January (24.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (9.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Villa Dolores?
Villa Dolores receives on average 539 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 90 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Villa Dolores?
Villa Dolores gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Villa Dolores?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Villa Dolores between 1940 and 2025 was 9 July 2007, with 2.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Villa Dolores?
Yes: Villa Dolores has on average 28 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Villa Dolores?
In Villa Dolores, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.7 °C on 9 December 2022, and the lowest was -11.4 °C on 30 June 2025.
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