Maldonado weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇾 Uruguay · beach resort · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Maldonado is December — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 79/100), with November and January close behind. Maldonado averages about 2,751 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 24°C / 75°F and roughly 86 mm of rain in December.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,751
- Sunniest month
- December
- Peak score
- 79/100
- Rain / year
- 1,213 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 12 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 23°C / 73°F
- Population
- 102k
- Elevation
- 23 m
When is the best time to visit Maldonado?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Maldonado is December, then November and January. The dullest month is July (32/100, 96 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Maldonado?
Maldonado gets a lot of sun: around 2,751 hours a year. 47 Sunshine Score points separate December (79) from July (32), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #2 of 3 destinations in Uruguay for annual sunshine, right at the national median of 2,751 hours. The year's 1,213 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 77 | 25° / 77°F | 19° / 66°F | 97 mm | 12 | 22° / 72°F |
| February | 74 | 25° / 77°F | 20° / 68°F | 118 mm | 11 | 23° / 73°F |
| March | 74 | 23° / 73°F | 18° / 64°F | 117 mm | 9 | 23° / 73°F |
| April | 75 | 20° / 68°F | 16° / 61°F | 110 mm | 6 | 21° / 70°F |
| May | 59 | 17° / 63°F | 13° / 55°F | 91 mm | 4 | 16° / 61°F |
| June | 38 | 14° / 57°F | 10° / 50°F | 104 mm | 2 | 14° / 57°F |
| July | 32 | 13° / 55°F | 9° / 48°F | 96 mm | 3 | 11° / 52°F |
| August | 38 | 14° / 57°F | 9° / 48°F | 100 mm | 4 | 12° / 54°F |
| September | 45 | 15° / 59°F | 10° / 50°F | 98 mm | 6 | 13° / 55°F |
| October | 64 | 18° / 64°F | 12° / 54°F | 103 mm | 9 | 16° / 61°F |
| November | 78 | 21° / 70°F | 15° / 59°F | 93 mm | 10 | 19° / 66°F |
| December | 79 | 24° / 75°F | 17° / 63°F | 86 mm | 12 | 21° / 70°F |
Sea temperature in Maldonado by month
The sea off Maldonado is warmest in February at around 23°C / 73°F, and coolest in July at 11°C / 52°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 5 months a year. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Montevideo Uruguay · 85 km · best in Dec · 2,791 h sun/yr
- Buenos Aires (Ezeiza) Argentina · 314 km · best in Dec · 2,741 h sun/yr
- Rosario Argentina · 568 km · best in Sep · 2,737 h sun/yr
- Porto Alegre Brazil · 654 km · best in Apr · 2,283 h sun/yr
- Chapecó Brazil · 889 km · best in Aug · 2,444 h sun/yr
- Cordoba Argentina · 936 km · best in Aug · 2,919 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Santa Teresita Argentina · 238 km · 2,608 h sun/yr · best in Dec
- Mar del Plata Argentina · 408 km · 2,683 h sun/yr · best in Dec
- Rivera/Santana do Livramento Uruguay · 433 km · 2,572 h sun/yr · best in Mar
- Pelotas Brazil · 433 km · 2,338 h sun/yr · best in Nov
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