Weather in Santa Cruz

Calculated from weather data of Piloto Civil N. Fernández Airport (SAWG) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	19.3	20.1	21.8	18.3	19.6	18.0
February	19.9	19.6	19.3	19.3	22.0	19.5
March	16.3	15.0	16.1	14.9	18.1	18.3
April	13.2	12.5	13.0	11.8	14.8	15.1
May	9.0		10.5	9.4	8.5	9.0
June	5.2		6.0	6.2	5.2	4.9
July	4.8		2.6	2.7	7.2	3.0
August	7.7		6.2	8.3	9.5	6.5
September	11.1		8.8	12.1	13.3	11.5
October	14.5		14.4	15.3	16.3	15.3
November	17.6		15.8	20.3	18.0	18.6
December	19.1		18.3	18.6	20.3	18.8
Average	13.5	16.8	12.7	12.9	14.3	13.2

21st highest temperature of Argentina

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	8.1	9	9	7	8	8
February	8.3	9	8	8	8	9
March	5.9	6	4	5	6	8
April	3.1	3	3	2	4	3
May	1.5		2	1	2	2
June	-2.6		0	-1	-2	-2
July	-3.7		-4	-5	1	-6
August	0.3		0	0	1	0
September	1.3		1	1	2	2
October	3.2		4	3	3	4
November	5.2		4	6	5	7
December	7.4		7	6	8	8
Average	3.7	6.7	3.0	2.7	3.8	3.4

2nd lowest temperature of Argentina

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	0	0	0	0	0
25 °C or warmer	4	11	5	14	7
20 °C or warmer	31	44	42	64	46
0 °C or colder	6	83	79	56	81

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	7.4	9	2	8	4	14
February	6.1	12	7	5	4	4
March	7.8	8	5	12	5	9
April	6.6	5	6	7	4	2
May	7.2		4	2	9	11
June	5.4		10	4	2	8
July	7.1		7	7	8	9
August	4.9		9	5	3	3
September	6.2		11	4	5	3
October	4.3		5	2	2	5
November	5.4		8	2	3	6
December	5.7		6	3	3	6
Average	6.4	8.4	6.3	5.0	4.1	6.7

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	30.5	31	30	33	28	30
February	29.2	28	35	30	28	34
March	27.0	31	32	28	30	23
April	24.7	29	30	22	21	24
May	19.7		25	25	19	15
June	19.2		21	21	16	19
July	19.3		20	20	24	16
August	24.4		27	21	23	28
September	25.0		25	25	23	28
October	30.7		36	31	35	30
November	30.6		31	29	33	31
December	31.1		34	28	33	33
Average	27.1	29.8	29.5	26.9	27.1	27.0

2nd highest wind speed of Argentina

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	W	W	SW	W	W
February	W	W	W	SW	W
March	W	W	W	W	W
April	W	W	W	NW	W
May		W	W	W	W
June		W	W	W	W
July		W	W	W	W
August		W	W	W	W
September		W	W	W	W
October		W	W	W	W
November		W	W	W	W
December		SW	W	SW	W

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Santa Cruz weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Santa Cruz?

The warmest month is February with an average temperature of 20 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Santa Cruz?

The coldest month is July with an average daytime temperature of 5 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Santa Cruz?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in March with a probability of around 7.9 %.

Which month is the driest in Santa Cruz?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in October. The probability is about 4.4 %.