Zapala climate — normals and trends
Zapala (Argentina) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.7 °C and it receives 320 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 (19.0 °C on average) and the coldest is July (2.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Zapala averages 85 frost days, 21 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 57 rainy days per year.
Zapala has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.10 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 93 to 77 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.3 °C (on 30 January 2025) and the coldest -21.2 °C (on 31 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
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- coords
- -38.90°, -70.07°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.7°C
Average daily high
17.5°C
Average daily low
4.3°C
Annual rainfall
320mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
56%
Average peak wind
20.5km/h
Seasonal range
16.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
85 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
21 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
57 d/yr
Annual snowfall
33.2 cm
Average feels-like high
14.0 °C
Average feels-like low
1.0 °C
Average peak gust
42.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.9 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.23 · 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
38.3 °C
30 January 2025
Coldest day
-21.2 °C
31 July 1995
Wettest day
63 mm
12 October 1959
Windiest day
66.6 km/h
19 June 1960
Strongest gust
119.2 km/h
1 July 2004
Hottest feels-like
37.8 °C
18 February 1987
Coldest feels-like
-25.8 °C
31 July 1995
Snowiest day
25.0 cm
10 April 1980
Sunniest day
14.7 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 | 31.4 °C | +4.1 °C | 2 mm | -9 mm |
| Feb | 29.4 °C | +3.1 °C | 1 mm | -13 mm |
| Mar | 23.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 20 mm | +1 mm |
| Apr | 17.1 °C | -0.3 °C | 15 mm | -10 mm |
| May | 13.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 25 mm | -15 mm |
| Jun | 9.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 22 mm | -32 mm |
| Jul | 9.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 50 mm | +7 mm |
| Aug | 11.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 28 mm | -3 mm |
| Sep | 15.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 22 mm | -4 mm |
| Oct | 20.8 °C | +3.3 °C | 3 mm | -24 mm |
| Nov | 23.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 50 mm | +33 mm |
| Dec | 27.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 1 mm | -12 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zapala?
Zapala has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.7 °C and it receives 320 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zapala?
The hottest day measured in Zapala between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 2025, reaching 38.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zapala?
The coldest day measured in Zapala between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 1995, at -21.2 °C.
Does it snow in Zapala?
Yes. Zapala gets on average 33.2 cm of snow per year and has around 85 frost days.
Has the climate of Zapala warmed?
Yes: Zapala warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zapala?
The wettest day measured in Zapala between 1940 and 2025 was 12 October 1959, with 63 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zapala?
The windiest day measured in Zapala between 1940 and 2025 was 19 June 1960, with winds reaching 66.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zapala?
The warmest month in Zapala is January (19.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (2.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Zapala?
Zapala receives on average 320 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 57 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zapala?
Zapala gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Zapala?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zapala between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 1980, with 25.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zapala?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Zapala.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zapala?
In Zapala, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.8 °C on 18 February 1987, and the lowest was -25.8 °C on 31 July 1995.
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