Rawson weather by month & the best time to visit
🇦🇷 Argentina · small town · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Rawson is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 95/100), with November and December close behind. Rawson averages about 3,040 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F and roughly 12 mm of rain in January.
Jump to: month-by-month table · nearby alternatives · embed this data
- Sun hours / year
- 3,040
- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 95/100
- Rain / year
- 244 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 26k
- Elevation
- 33 m
When is the best time to visit Rawson?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Rawson is January, then November and December. The dullest month is July (16/100, 21 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Rawson?
Rawson is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,040 hours of sunshine a year. 79 Sunshine Score points separate January (95) from July (16), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #11 of 41 destinations in Argentina for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,741 hours. The year's 244 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 95 | 27° / 81°F | 15° / 59°F | 12 mm | 10 |
| February | 93 | 26° / 79°F | 15° / 59°F | 23 mm | 8 |
| March | 92 | 23° / 73°F | 13° / 55°F | 25 mm | 6 |
| April | 85 | 19° / 66°F | 9° / 48°F | 24 mm | 3 |
| May | 45 | 14° / 57°F | 6° / 43°F | 43 mm | 2 |
| June | 23 | 11° / 52°F | 3° / 37°F | 27 mm | 1 |
| July | 16 | 10° / 50°F | 2° / 36°F | 21 mm | 1 |
| August | 31 | 12° / 54°F | 4° / 39°F | 15 mm | 2 |
| September | 55 | 15° / 59°F | 5° / 41°F | 14 mm | 4 |
| October | 86 | 19° / 66°F | 8° / 46°F | 16 mm | 6 |
| November | 95 | 22° / 72°F | 11° / 52°F | 13 mm | 8 |
| December | 95 | 25° / 77°F | 14° / 57°F | 11 mm | 9 |
See Rawson on the interactive sunshine globe →
Nearby places for sunshine
- San Carlos de Bariloche Argentina · 536 km · best in Feb · 2,627 h sun/yr
- Balmaceda Chile · 591 km · best in Feb · 2,893 h sun/yr
- Puerto Montt Chile · 672 km · best in Feb · 2,120 h sun/yr
- Temuco Chile · 780 km · best in Jan · 2,637 h sun/yr
- Concepcion Chile · 975 km · best in Jan · 3,020 h sun/yr
- Buenos Aires (Ezeiza) Argentina · 1,098 km · best in Dec · 2,741 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Puerto Madryn Argentina · 52 km · 3,044 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- San Antonio Oeste Argentina · 274 km · 3,150 h sun/yr · best in Dec
- Viedma / Carmen de Patagones Argentina · 321 km · 3,092 h sun/yr · best in Nov
- Comodoro Rivadavia Argentina · 335 km · 2,924 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Las Heras Argentina · 471 km · 2,953 h sun/yr · best in Jan
Put the Rawson sunshine badge on your site
A compact badge showing Rawson's sunshine at a glance — free to embed under CC BY 4.0. Paste this wherever you'd like it to appear:
Live preview — this is exactly what your readers see: