Weather in Córdoba

January is the warmest month (average 23.7°C, high 31.1°C) and July is the coolest (average 11.1°C, low 3.7°C). That 12.6°C swing in monthly averages is the first thing to plan around in Córdoba.

Rain is wet season runs from November to March, inside an annual total of 799 mm. The wettest month is February at 131 mm; the driest is August at 7 mm. Córdoba is in Argentina at 31.4°S. The 2001–2020 NASA POWER daily record describes a Mediterranean pattern: dry summers and wetter winters. On this site the months that score closest to a 22°C day, lighter rain, and moderate humidity are February, August, and December.

Rainfall pattern

The wet season in Córdoba starts in November and ends in March (November, December, January, February, and March). February is the core of it at 131 mm. August is the other extreme, with 7 mm.

A rainy day here is a day with at least 1 mm in the NASA POWER series. February averages 12 such days; August averages 1.

Hot and cool months in Córdoba

Córdoba has a 12.6°C gap between its coolest monthly average (11.1°C in July) and its warmest (23.7°C in January). That is a southern-hemisphere pattern.

Mean high across all twelve months is 25.2°C and mean low is 10.2°C. These are 20-year grid averages, so a city station can read a few degrees warmer or cooler.

What stands out month by month

January is the warmest month. Afternoon highs average 31.1°C and nights settle near 16.2°C, with 127 mm of rain. February is the wettest month — 131 mm and 12 rainy days, with 68% humidity. April: 24.1°C high, 10.8°C low, 61 mm rain, 73% humidity.

In May, Córdoba averages 20.5°C by day and 7.5°C at night, with 22 mm of rain. The year bottoms out in July. Plan for 3.7°C at night and 18.5°C in the afternoon. August is the driest month, averaging only 7 mm across 1 rainy days. Highs sit near 21.3°C.

Best months to visit Córdoba

The three months with the highest comfort score are February, August, and December: February (22.4°C average, 131 mm, 68% humidity); August (13.2°C average, 7 mm, 55% humidity); December (22.8°C average, 115 mm, 58% humidity). They fall in calendar order. The score rewards averages near 22°C, lower rainfall, and humidity near 60%. It is a climate score, not a festival or price calendar.

If you want the wet season itself — fewer crowds, greener landscape, heavier rain — aim at November–March instead of the score.

How Córdoba compares inside Argentina

Buenos Aires is about 648 km away: Córdoba is 1.0°C cooler than Buenos Aires in its hottest month and 304 mm drier over the year than Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires’s wettest month is March (123 mm) versus February here.