Salta weather by month & the best time to visit
🇦🇷 Argentina · city break · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Salta is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 97/100), with July and August close behind. Salta averages about 3,114 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 23°C / 73°F and roughly 5 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,114
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 97/100
- Rain / year
- 782 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Population
- 521k
- Elevation
- 1,236 m
When is the best time to visit Salta?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Salta is June, then July and August. The dullest month is January (70/100, 184 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Salta?
Salta is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,114 hours of sunshine a year. June (97/100) is noticeably better than January (70). It ranks #7 of 41 destinations in Argentina for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,741 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 63% of the year's 782 mm falls in the three months around January.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 70 | 29° / 84°F | 18° / 64°F | 184 mm | 11 |
| February | 70 | 28° / 82°F | 18° / 64°F | 164 mm | 10 |
| March | 76 | 27° / 81°F | 17° / 63°F | 116 mm | 9 |
| April | 87 | 26° / 79°F | 14° / 57°F | 57 mm | 7 |
| May | 96 | 23° / 73°F | 10° / 50°F | 11 mm | 5 |
| June | 97 | 23° / 73°F | 8° / 46°F | 5 mm | 4 |
| July | 97 | 23° / 73°F | 7° / 45°F | 2 mm | 5 |
| August | 97 | 25° / 77°F | 9° / 48°F | 3 mm | 6 |
| September | 97 | 27° / 81°F | 11° / 52°F | 5 mm | 8 |
| October | 92 | 30° / 86°F | 14° / 57°F | 29 mm | 10 |
| November | 86 | 30° / 86°F | 16° / 61°F | 65 mm | 10 |
| December | 72 | 30° / 86°F | 18° / 64°F | 141 mm | 10 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Calama Chile · 436 km · best in Apr · 4,353 h sun/yr
- Antofagasta Chile · 527 km · best in Jan · 3,624 h sun/yr
- Copiapo Chile · 592 km · best in Mar · 3,703 h sun/yr
- Iquique Chile · 680 km · best in Jan · 2,950 h sun/yr
- Cordoba Argentina · 729 km · best in Aug · 2,919 h sun/yr
- La Serena-Coquimbo Chile · 796 km · best in Jan · 2,601 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- San Salvador de Jujuy Argentina · 65 km · 3,114 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- San Miguel de Tucumán Argentina · 224 km · 2,970 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Termas de Río Hondo Argentina · 299 km · 2,653 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Santiago del Estero Argentina · 344 km · 2,653 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Tarija Bolivia · 376 km · 2,731 h sun/yr · best in Jun
Head-to-head
How Salta compares month by month: Salta vs Antofagasta · Salta vs Calama · Salta vs Copiapo · all comparisons
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