Climate
Comodoro Rivadavia features a semiarid climate. While the city receives less than 250 mm of rain annually, its relatively low evapotranspiration rate causes it to fall under this climate category. Summer is relatively hot and dry with an average temperature of 19.9 °C (67.8 °F) in January . Winter is mild with an average temperature of 6.8 °C (44.2 °F) in July . Precipitation is low, though the winter months receive more precipitation than in summer
| Climate data for Comodoro Rivadavia | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 42.1 (107.8) |
37.6 (99.7) |
37.3 (99.1) |
28.6 (83.5) |
25.0 (77.0) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.6 (72.7) |
28.7 (83.7) |
32.0 (89.6) |
24.6 (76.3) |
37.6 (99.7) |
42.1 (107.8) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 26.0 (78.8) |
25.2 (77.4) |
21.9 (71.4) |
18.0 (64.4) |
13.9 (57.0) |
10.8 (51.4) |
10.8 (51.4) |
12.5 (54.5) |
15.3 (59.5) |
18.5 (65.3) |
22.6 (72.7) |
24.6 (76.3) |
18.34 (65.02) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 19.9 (67.8) |
19.1 (66.4) |
16.1 (61.0) |
12.7 (54.9) |
9.5 (49.1) |
7.0 (44.6) |
6.8 (44.2) |
7.7 (45.9) |
9.9 (49.8) |
12.9 (55.2) |
16.5 (61.7) |
18.5 (65.3) |
13.05 (55.49) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 13.8 (56.8) |
13.2 (55.8) |
10.7 (51.3) |
8.1 (46.6) |
5.7 (42.3) |
3.3 (37.9) |
2.8 (37.0) |
3.3 (37.9) |
5.0 (41.0) |
7.5 (45.5) |
10.5 (50.9) |
12.4 (54.3) |
8.03 (46.45) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 4.4 (39.9) |
3.5 (38.3) |
0.3 (32.5) |
−0.6 (30.9) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
−8.2 (17.2) |
−6.2 (20.8) |
−5.2 (22.6) |
−4 (24.8) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
0.2 (32.4) |
2.0 (35.6) |
−8.2 (17.2) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 12.6 (0.496) |
10.7 (0.421) |
21.0 (0.827) |
23.0 (0.906) |
28.1 (1.106) |
28.6 (1.126) |
24.5 (0.965) |
22.7 (0.894) |
16.0 (0.63) |
21.4 (0.843) |
8.3 (0.327) |
11.4 (0.449) |
228.3 (8.988) |
| % humidity | 41 | 43 | 50 | 53 | 60 | 63 | 59 | 58 | 54 | 49 | 42 | 42 | 51.2 |
| Avg. precipitation days | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 63 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 241.8 | 220.4 | 182.9 | 147.0 | 127.1 | 114.0 | 114.7 | 136.4 | 150.0 | 195.3 | 234.0 | 235.6 | 2,099.2 |
| Source #1: Servicio Meteorologico Nacional, NOAA (extremes) | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: Hong Kong Observatory (sun only) | |||||||||||||
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